Statistics Austria

Social Statistics Directorate (Statistics Austria)

Enforcement of immigration legislation data (EIL statistics) contain statistical information based on Article 5 and 7 of the Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 as amended by the Regulation (EU) 2020/851 with reference to third-country nationals:

• refused entry at the external border,
• found to be illegally present,
• ordered to leave,
• returned following an order to leave.

See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Migration and asylum – Enforcement of Immigration Legislation statistics

See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Number of persons.

See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Austria

See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Not applicable.

Number of persons.

Calendar quarter and calendar year.

Statistics Austria and the Federal Ministriy of the Interior signed a contract regarding the compilation andtransmission of statistics to Eurostat in accordance with the Regulation (EC) 862/2007, Articles 4 to 7.

Statistics Austria receives anonymised data from the Ministry of the Interior and applies the "need2know"-rule, i.e. only staff responsible for this project can access the data. Microdata are not accessible in any formfor external users.

Statistics Austria does not release/publish/disseminate EIL statistics in any form.

Not applicable, see 8.1.

Not applicable, see 8.1.

Not applicable, see 8.1.

There are no press releases by Statistics Austria on EIL statistics.

There are no publications by Statistics Austria on EIL statistics.

None besides the ESTAT database.

Not applicable.

Micro-data are not disseminated.

There are no other dissemination formats by Statisitcs Austria on EIL statistics.

Not applicable.

Not available.

Not applicable.

Not available.

Continous quality assessments of data retrievals by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and their division of ICT (Information- and Communicationtechnology). Quality evaluation cycle between the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Statistics Austria based on the quarterly/annual data exchange.

Data is of good quality as it is taken from entries in the Austrian Central Foreigners Register, which documents each case in Austria. A PIN allows for the linkage of data within the IFA-database. Upon processing of national statistics, general plausibility checks are performed. Some data is also checked at random during the reference year, in order to assess data quality. Any inconsistencies are reported to the competent authorities by means of a clearing house. 

No information available.

See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Not applicable.

Overall high accuracy: The reported statistics measure accurately the target population because the database includes all cases. Some cases that are entered into the database after data are retrieved for the data submission to Eurostat and therfore missing, which amounts to an underestimation of about 0.1-0.3% in total.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

See table 13.3.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

On the one hand, there is a time span between the event and the availability of the data. Data is loaded into the data warehouse every morning, so we only ever have access to data up to the previous day. This time span cannot be reduced for technical reasons.

On the other hand, there is a time span between data retrieval by the Ministy of the Interior and forwarding the data to Statistics Austria due to internal processes. This time span cannot be reduced for personnel reasons.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

For the reference year 2023, AT provided the datset EIL Y2 late (17 days) because Statistics Austria did not received the data from the data provider (Ministry of the Interior) in time for an earlier provision.

All other EIL data sets for 2023 were delivered on time.

Statistics are comparable between geographical areas within Austria.

Not applicable.

See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Not applicable.

See table 15.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

In general, there may be differences between subannual and annual statistics due to subsequent entries and adjustments. For Y3 to Y4.4 the data is created only after final national results are available.

Not applicable.

Statistics are consistent within a given dataset.

Since administrative data are used, there are no costs/burden on repondents.

No need for regular revisions of data for Y3 to Y4.4 sent to Eurostat, as they are derived from annual national statistics and created only after final national results are available.

No regular revisions are sent for Y1 and Y2 as well as Y5 to Y6.

See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Not applicable.

See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables EIL 2023’.

Quaterly and/or annually depending on ESTAT requirements.

National systematic process of gathering data for official statistics.

Validity checks include: 

• Checks of totals consistency
• Checks of magnitude of changes over time
• Checking if the double counting cases are excluded
• Checking the consistency between Y2 and Y3 datasets
• Checking the consistency between “TCNs subjects to an obligation to leave”and “TCNs who actually left the territory”.
• Checking the consistency between “TCNs who returned to a Third Country”and “TCNs who actually left the territory”.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

No statistical technique applied.

• Particularly in the case of nationals from the Western Balkans, there are often alreadyexisting entry/residence bans or return decisions issued some time ago (in some caseswith multiple departures), which is why there were more departures than "new" returndecisions in 2022.
• According to Austrian law a new return decision for existing entry/residence bans cannot be issued (unless the facts of the case have changed significantly).
• In addition, there are some illegal residents who leave the country voluntarily at the request of the Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum in order to avoid the issuance of an entry/residence ban. In such cases, return decisions are often issued belatedly.