Annual Policy Report 2017

The Annual Policy Report 2017 provides an overview of migration and asylum-related developments and debates in Austria. The main legislative development was the entering into force of the 2017 Act Amending the Aliens Law, the Integration Act and the Integration Year Act . One of the significant political developments was election of a new Austrian National Council in October 2017 and the building of a new coalition. In 2017, the topic of migration dominated the election campaign for the National Council and thus also the country’s media.