1. Belgrade, 12/13 March 2012 1 Workshop Reception of Asylum Seekers on the Local Level Reception of Asylum Seekers in Austria

2. Belgrade, 12/13 March 2012 2 EU Framework  Reception Condition Directive The aim of this Directive is to ensure that all asylum-applicants have a dignified standard of living and that comparable living conditions are afforded to them in all Member States

3. Belgrade, 12/13 March 2012 3 Basic Welfare Support Act  Persons without the ability to earn their livelihood  Asylum-Seekers  Aliens whose applications for asylum have been rejected or dismissed

4. Belgrade, 12/13 March 2012 4 Basic Welfare Support Act  Persons who cannot return to their country of origin because of judicial reasons (Article 3 ECHR) or factual reasons  Persons who has been granted asylum (for the first four month)

5. Belgrade, 12/13 March 2012 5 Granting of welfare support  Initial reception centre Care Centre East Care Centre West Care Centre Nord Care Centre South Airport Reception Centre  Any accommodation which is situated outside an initial reception centre

6. Belgrade, 12/13 March 2012 6 Entry of care centres Care Facility Entry Regulation  only beneficiaries Asylum Seekers Officials of the Care Centre Officials of UNHCR  any unauthorized entry or stay is prohibited Person who does not have a legitimate interest  Administrative infraction Fine up to € 700,-- or imprisonment

7. Belgrade, 12/13 March 2012 7 Support  Accommodation  Board (meals)  Clothing  adequate pocket money  medical care  social assistance  Information on voluntary return  Financial repatriation assistance  Duty of cooperation

8. Belgrade, 12/13 March 2012 8 Special provisions relating to admission procedures  Twenty days from submission of an application for international protection  Admission procedures shall be conducted at an initial reception centre  Compulsory attendance Up to 120 hours

9. Belgrade, 12/13 March 2012 9 Exclusion form welfare support  Asylum Seekers who do not cooperate in the establishment of their identity or of their need of assistance  Asylum Seekers who do not cooperate in the establishment of the facts necessary for the conduct of the asylum procedure  Asylum Seekers of EU Member States  Any such decision may not, however, restrict access to emergency medical attention

10. Belgrade, 12/13 March 2012 10 Limitation of welfare support  Welfare Support of Persons, who continually or persistently jeopardize good order through serious infringement of the internal rules of care facilities may be limited, granted under certain conditions or withdrawn.  Any such decision may not, however, restrict access to emergency medical attention

11. Belgrade, 12/13 March 2012 11 Allocation process  Cooperation Council Proportionate to the resident population  Consideration shall be given to existing family relationships to the particular need for protection of single woman and minors and to ethnic particularities

12. Belgrade, 12/13 March 2012 12 Cost splitting  For asylum procedures up to 12 month: Federal Government 60 % Provinces 40 %  More than 12 month Federal Government 100 %

13. Belgrade, 12/13 March 2012 13 Thank you for your attention Andreas Fellner