Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2023

The Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2023 provides an overview of migration and asylum-related developments and debates in Austria between January and December 2023. In this year, addressing the shortage of labour and skilled workers was a cross-government priority. A number of measures were taken to facilitate the access to the labour market of third-country nationals  and to promote the recruitment of skilled workers from third countries. Displaced persons from Ukraine were granted unrestricted labour market access and their temporary protection status was extended until March 2025. Additionally, Austria strengthened bilateral cooperation with third countries in the areas of qualified immigration, irregular migration as well as return and reintegration.