Establishment of new asylum procedures.
As of May 1988, the Austrian Government instituted new accelerated asylum procedures which enable applicants to know within a short time whether they are granted refugee status.  Those who are not granted such status are refused further government assistance and asked to leave the country.  This change in procedures was undertaken in part because of the increased number of applicants resulting from the abolishment of the visa requirement for citizens of Hungary and Poland travelling to Austria.
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