falling fast
asylum applications in austria.
6.991 applications were filed in 1996, of which 716 were approved. of the 18.284 filed applications in 2000, only 1.002 were approved. from january to august 2001, 19.874 applications were filed, and 695 approved.
the approval rate fell from 10,2% in 1996 to appr. 5,48% in 2000.
the above graphics does not make it clear whether all applications classified as “not approved” were in fact rejected or whether some of them have not yet been processed.