The federal government and Vienna are redistributing the costs for basic care for migrants. The new model was approved by a large majority in the National Council on Thursday, with only the FPÖ voting against it. It will initially be tested in Vienna for four years and will be open to all federal states in the future.
The federal capital currently accounts for 35 to 45 percent of all asylum seekers receiving basic services in Austria. So far, the costs have been billed as a flat rate. The states receive 95 euros per day for children and young people, 48 euros for people in need of care and 25 euros for people in organized quarters. If the actual costs exceeded the flat rates, they had to be borne either by the Vienna Social Fund or the supporting NGO. In the future, this difference in Vienna will be covered by the federal government. An overfulfilled childcare quota should later be a prerequisite for this option in all federal states. If a federal state only meets the quota, the difference is divided six to four. Conversely, Vienna should now contribute to the accommodation and supply costs of federal care. Relieving the burden on aid organizations The new model is intended to relieve Vienna and later also other federal states and aid organizations of the burden of caring for and accommodating migrants. The pilot project is scheduled to last four years and will be reviewed in the middle of next year. With the exception of the FPÖ, all parties voted in favor of it on Thursday. However, several other opposition motions were postponed, such as a comprehensive child protection law (SPÖ), an independent monitoring of children’s rights (NEOS), and a suspension of asylum applications from people who arrived from another EEA state or from Switzerland (FPÖ).
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