Austria to temporarily halt family reunification for migrants

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Austria to temporarily halt family reunification for migrants  Vienna's three-party coalition announced their aim on Wednesday to prevent close relatives of asylum seekers from joining them in the country.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/12/austria-to-temporarily-halt-family-reunification-for-migrants  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Austria's three-party coalition agreed it would temporarily halt family reunification

00:07procedures for migrants, a move critics say is a violation of European asylum law.

00:14Chancellor Kristian Stokke justified the proposal by pointing at Austria's social services,

00:20which he claimed were under strain.

00:22As I have already said, this is a progressive measure, so it should be ensured that we can

00:29integrate those who came to us in the past years into this society, also in the education

00:36system, and at the same time ensure that those who come to us, but also those who are already

00:43here, also come to terms with this influx.

00:48Critics say the plan violates European asylum law.

00:53It would involve invoking the EU's emergency clause, which stipulates that national law

00:58can take precedence over EU law in the event of a threat to public order or security.

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