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Austria Shifts Resources from Asylum Housing to Security Recruiting in 2027 Budget Plan
The interior ministry will close three more federal asylum centres and channel the €38 million annual saving into hiring 2,000 police cadets and upgrading border-security technology. While the measure supports faster immigration policing in the long term, employers may initially face regional bottlenecks in reception services as capacity shifts to provinces.
Federal Government Continues Closure of Asylum Quarters Amid Falling Applications
ORF’s 29 September news confirmed that Austria is closing further federal asylum quarters because of declining application numbers, relocating residents to remaining facilities. The move indicates sustained low inflows but may create regional pressure points and affect timelines for corporate refugee-hiring programmes.