Annual Report on Asylum and Migration Statistics 2007

The National Report analyses the trends and changes in Austrian asylum and migration statistics for the year 2007. A main long-term trend highlighted in the report is the decline in the number of asylum applications in Austria since 2002, a consequence of the coming into effect of the Dublin Convention in 2003. This trend continued in 2007 when the number of asylum applications declined by two thirds compared to 2002. In contrast to the area of asylum, immigration to Austria gained momentum in 2007, mainly as a result of the second wave of the EU Eastern enlargement.