Wave of refugees

Only those who can speak German should be allowed to come to Austria

Vienna's City Councillor for Integration, Christoph Wiederkehr, wants "strict criteria" to be applied to the reunification of refugee families. It is a question of self-sufficiency.

350 school-age children alone, a total of 700 people - month after month. The family reunification of refugees from Syria and Afghanistan, for example, is driving teachers to the brink of despair. Teachers' unionist Thomas Krebs even called for a "suspension of family reunification".