National Council should stop family reunification next week

According to Interior Minister Karner, the complete stop should last one year. NGOs had raised legal concerns

The National Council is expected to decide on the temporary stop of the family reunification of refugees in its next plenary week. This is reflected in the provisional agenda. According to this, the legal framework would be created on Friday for the government to suspend the reunification temporarily. In the evaluation, aid organisations in particular had opposed the project. Formally, it is planned that it will continue to be possible for relat…

The National Council will meet next Wednesday, with the temporary suspension of family reunification on the agenda.

VIENNA. Numerous reports and some resolutions are on the agenda of the National Council meeting to be held next week.

Karner hopes for Parliament's decision