The green go on the issue of one accession to the UN Migration Pact at a distance from the Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg (ÖVP). “I’m not happy with these statements,” commented the green MP Ewa Ernst-Dziedzic im default the statement that the line set by turquoise-blue would remain “completely unchanged”.
sound Bergs Definitions do not correspond to the positions of the Greens, emphasized Ernst-Dziedzic. At the same time, she emphasized that the turquoise-green government program differs from the turquoise-blue. Specifically, she called “commitments to human rights and multilateralism”.
FPÖ pressure
The turquoise-blue Federal government had surprisingly withdrawn from the UN migration pact at the end of 2018, which she had previously negotiated at the diplomatic level. The retreat is said to be under massive pressure from the FPÖ be done.
The reason for the withdrawal was that the – legally non-binding – document the national sovereignty Austria hazardous. However, the international document is not even legally binding.
The decision by the UN General Assembly in December 2018 abstained Austria with eleven other states of the vote, while five countries voted against. 152 UN members, on the other hand, supported the pact.
No mention
The migration pact is not mentioned in the turquoise-green government agreement. Schallenberg clarified in the APA interview that even under turquoise green there is none accession will give. “The line Austria this issue will remain completely unchanged, “he said.
Standards and human rights
The “Global Pact for Safe, Orderly and Regulated Migration” comprises a number of guidelines and measures, the implementation of which is not legally binding. At its core it is about better international cooperation in migration policy and standards in dealing with refugees.
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