Austria Revises Syrian Asylum Policies Following Assad’s Downfall: A Shift in Refugee Policy

Following the anti-government rebels’ rapid advance that made President Bashar al-Assad depart from Syria, Austria has enacted significant changes to its asylum policies concerning Syrian nationals. Visegrád24 posted that Austria’s caretaker government is planning to halt the processing of current Syrian asylum applications and to reassess previously granted asylum statuses. Additionally, family reunification programmes for Syrian refugees have been suspended.