Syrians in Austria

Syrians in Austria include migrants from Syria to Austria, as well as their descendants. The number of Syrians in Austria is estimated at around 18,000 people in December 2015, and it consists mainly of refugees of the Syrian Civil War.[3]

Syrians in Austria
Total population
18,000[1][2] (2015)
Regions with significant populations
Vienna
Languages
Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish, German
Religion
Islam (mainly Sunni Islam, minority Alawites), Christianity, Druze, Atheism
Related ethnic groups
Other Arabs in Austria, Syrian diaspora

Migration history

During the European migrant crisis of 2014–2015 hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees of the Syrian Civil War entered Austria to seek refugee status. The European migrant crisis was especially accelerated when on 4 September 2015, Chancellor Werner Faymann of Austria, in conjunction with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, announced that migrants would be allowed to cross the border from Hungary into Austria and onward to Germany, and early on 5 September 2015, buses with migrants began crossing the Austro-Hungarian border.[4][5]

Notable people

See also

References
  1. "BMI" (PDF). www.bmi.gv.at.
  2. STATISTIK AUSTRIA. "Bevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeit und Geburtsland". Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. Matthias Meissner (30 March 2015). "Kriegsflüchtlinge aus Syrien – Linke und Gruene warnen vor Abschottung". Tagesspiegel. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  4. Rick Lyman; Anemona Hartocollis & Alison Smale (4 September 2015). "Migrants Cross Austria Border From Hungary". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  5. "The Latest: Austria, Germany to accept bused migrants". msn.com.


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