{"id":6702,"date":"2025-07-17T12:29:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T10:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/?p=6702"},"modified":"2025-09-23T09:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T07:45:27","slug":"invitation-to-the-closing-event-panel-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/invitation-to-the-closing-event-panel-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistical yearbook &#8220;Migration &amp; Integration&#8221;: More than 2.5 million people with a migration background in Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='flex_column av-s01m-d318a97ba74d0c36ff510b0608512b8c av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m8y6jh7x-9597860550f7e644c5b3e29bea953141\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-m8y6jh7x-9597860550f7e644c5b3e29bea953141{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#24b28f;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-m8y6jh7x-9597860550f7e644c5b3e29bea953141 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-m8y6jh7x-9597860550f7e644c5b3e29bea953141 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#24b28f;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-m8y6jh7x-9597860550f7e644c5b3e29bea953141 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-m8y6jh7x-9597860550f7e644c5b3e29bea953141 av-special-heading-h2 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Statistical yearbook &quot;Migration <span class='special_amp'>&amp;<\/span> Integration&quot;: More than 2.5 million people with a migration background in Austria<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-2m27bh-18d3d5d0516235cbd5b5bb82e20be1fa '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>1. \ud83d\udd22 People with a migration background<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2.509 million people in Austria have a migrant background &#8211; this corresponds to 27.8% of the total population.<\/li>\n<li>The term includes both people who were born abroad and those whose parents come from abroad (2nd generation).\n<ul>\n<li>1.875 million people belong to the first generation.<\/li>\n<li>634,000 people were born in Austria but have parents of foreign origin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In comparison: In 2013, the proportion was still 20.4%, since then it has risen continuously &#8211; particularly due to refugee movements, internal EU migration and family reunification.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. \ud83c\udf0d Foreign nationals<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A total of 1.94 million foreign nationals live in Austria &#8211; this corresponds to 20.2% of the population.<\/li>\n<li>The largest groups by nationality:\n<ul>\n<li>Germany: 239,500<\/li>\n<li>Romania: 155,700<\/li>\n<li>Turkey: 124,800<\/li>\n<li>Serbia: 122,500<\/li>\n<li>Hungary: 112,400<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The increase in the foreign population is particularly visible in urban regions and also influences the structure of the labor market and education system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. \ud83c\udfd9\ufe0f Distribution by federal state<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The proportion of people with a migration background varies greatly between the federal states:\n<ul>\n<li>Vienna: Highest share with 40.9 %.<\/li>\n<li>Vorarlberg: 23.6 %<\/li>\n<li>Salzburg: 22.0 %<\/li>\n<li>Tyrol: 21.1 %<\/li>\n<li>Lower Austria: 14.9 %<\/li>\n<li>Burgenland: 13.7 %<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In Vienna in particular, the high level of diversity affects almost all areas of society &#8211; from schools to the labor market and healthcare.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. \ud83d\udec2 Asylum, flight &amp; protection<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Asylum applications in 2024: Only 25,400, which is significantly fewer than in 2023 (59,200)<\/li>\n<li>Main countries of origin of asylum seekers:\n<ul>\n<li>Syria: 13,909 applications<\/li>\n<li>Afghanistan: 3,396<\/li>\n<li>Turkey: 1,121<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Asylum grants: 17,000 people received asylum in 2024 &#8211; the second-highest number since 2017\n<ul>\n<li>Syrian citizens were the most frequently recognized, with around 12,500 positive decisions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In addition, 7,800 people were granted subsidiary protection, primarily in the absence of personal persecution but in the event of danger in their country of origin.<\/li>\n<li>The recognition rate for Syrians and Afghans is high &#8211; which points to the persistently difficult security situation in these regions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. \ud83d\udcbc Labor market integration<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Employment rate:\n<ul>\n<li>People without a migration background: 76.4 %<\/li>\n<li>With a migration background: 69.0 %<\/li>\n<li>Particularly low: people from Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq \u2192 only 44.1 %<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Women from these countries are particularly disadvantaged:\n<ul>\n<li>Employment rate is only 24.3 % (2023: still 32.3 %)<\/li>\n<li>Causes: language barriers, childcare, lack of qualifications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Unemployment rate:\n<ul>\n<li>Austrian citizens: 5.7 %<\/li>\n<li>Foreign nationals: 10.5 %<\/li>\n<li>Persons entitled to asylum and protection from crisis regions: 31.3%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Training &amp; qualification:\n<ul>\n<li>In 2024, 75,000 people took part in AMS qualifications<\/li>\n<li>Of which 40,500 are foreign nationals, an increase of 10 %<\/li>\n<li>Goal: Improvement of language, qualification, access to the labor market<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>6. \ud83e\udde0 Education &amp; language<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Literacy:\n<ul>\n<li>Two thirds of the 2024 recognized asylum seekers and people entitled to protection need literacy training.<\/li>\n<li>44% of them cannot even read and write in their own mother tongue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>German language skills are the key to integration &#8211; both in the labor market and in the education system.<\/li>\n<li>First language in schools:\n<ul>\n<li>In the 2023\/24 school year, 26.4% of pupils spoke a language other than German at home.<\/li>\n<li>Highest share:\n<ul>\n<li>Special schools: 44.1 %<\/li>\n<li>Secondary schools: over 30 %<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Linguistic diversity poses educational challenges for schools &#8211; especially when learning and social support needs arise at the same time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more details &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.integrationsfonds.at\/fileadmin\/user_upload\/OEIF_Mig_Int_2025.pdf\">Static brochure | Migration and integration 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Excerpt from Original &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.integrationsfonds.at\/newsbeitrag\/statistisches-jahrbuch-migration-integration-mehr-als-25-millionen-menschen-mit-migrationshintergrund-in-oesterreich-26500\/\">Statistical Yearbook &#8220;Migration &amp; Integration&#8221;,<\/a> July 15, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vienna University of Economics and Business (Institute for Social Policy) and the DePaul Migration Collaborative (DMC) of DePaul University cordially invite you to the final event of the international research project \u201cProtecting Rights Across Contexts and International Sharing (PRAxIS)\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrant.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}