That number seems rather high to me and I sure hope they aren’t passing through Austria to the US as some Muslim refugees have done this past year. See our earlier post on Austria, here.
A reader explained to me privately at that time that we were using Austria as a conduit for “refugees” on the way to America.
From novinite.com: But, check this out, the Austrians actually have the courage to say they are focusing their attention on persecuted Christians!
Austria will receive an extra 1000 Syrian refugees in addition to the quota of 500 announced in August 2013, according to Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner.
In a Sunday interview for Austrian newspaper Kurier, she explained that the country would receive an additional 1000 refugees apart from the initially announced quota of 500, adding that priority treatment would be granted to women, children and persecuted Christians. She said that the number of asylum applicants had not been taken into account in the measure.
Austria has been swamped by Muslim asylum seekers, see our earlier posts on a country that repelled the invaders at the Gates of Vienna in 1683.