!!!Asylrecht

Asylum, Right of: Under the Asylgesetz (Law on Asylum) of 1991, 
refugees have a right to be granted asylum and are allowed to reside 
in Austria at least until the conclusion of asylum proceedings. This 
right is not granted in certain cases (e.g. in cases where safety from 
persecution has already been reached before the refugee's entry into 
Austria). Asylum applicants who travel to Austria directly from the 
country in which they claim to have to fear persecution are allowed to 
reside in Austria, provided that they submit their applications for 
asylum in time. A special authority, the Federal Asylum Agency, 
decides whether to grant asylum following an summary procedure in 
clear-cut cases. Special procedural rules in the law on asylum are 
intended to effect a higher degree of correctness in the decisions. 
The Federal Ministry of the Interior is the authority for appeals and 
may also appoint refugee advisors to assist refugees. Recognised 
refugees are eligible for integration assistance, and needy asylum 
applicants may be placed in the care of the federal government during 
their asylum proceedings.

!Further reading
J. W. Steiner, Oesterreichisches Asylrecht, 
1990; idem, Asylrecht, 1992; M. Fruhmann, Das Mandatsverfahren nach 
dem Asylgesetz 1991, Zeitschrift fuer Verwaltungsrecht 1993.


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