All have been relocated

No more asylum seekers in Steyregg’s former hotel

Young asylum seekers were housed in the former CoHotel in Steyregg until recently.(Bild: Horst Einöder/Flashpictures)

The former CoHotel in Steyregg, which was used as asylum accommodation, has been in the headlines again and again recently. Now the building is empty for the time being: the last young asylum seekers moved out of the accommodation on Thursday. However, the building remains the property of BBU, which is responsible for refugee accommodation.

This was announced by Steyregg's mayor Gerhard Hintringer (SPÖ) in an information letter to the population. It also states: "In recent weeks, it has already become clear that the number of unaccompanied refugee minors in the CoHotel has fallen sharply." On Thursday, the last asylum seekers still living there were relocated and the accommodation was therefore "closed down".

Numerous operations
The accommodation has made headlines several times in recent months due to numerous police and fire department operations - the latter mostly triggered by deliberate false alarms. In response, Mayor Hintringer convened a security summit, as a result of which the occupancy rate was halved and the support staff increased.

Building still owned by BBU
Hintringer now tells the "Krone": The empty building remains the property of the Federal Agency for Care and Support Services (BBU), which looks after asylum accommodation throughout Austria. It is therefore not ruled out that the accommodation in Steyregg will be reopened at a later date.