Abbreviations

AMS

Labour Market Service in Austria

B-VG

Federal Constitutional Law in Austria

BBU-G

Federal Agency for Care and Support Services in Austria

ECHR

European Convention on Human Rights

ECtHR

European Court of Human Rights

ESIFs

European Structural and Investment Funds

CAT

Committee against Torture

CD&V

Christian Democratic and Flemish

CEAS

Common European Asylum System

CERD

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

CEU

Central European University

CJEU

Court of Justice of the European Union

CPR

Common Provisions Regulation

FPÖ

Freedom Party of Austria (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs)

FrÄG

Aliens’ Law Amendment Act in Austria

MFF

Multiannual Financial Framework

N-VA

New Flemish Alliance (Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie)

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OHCHR

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

ÖVP

Austrian People’s Party (Österreichische Volkspartei)

PiS

Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość)

PR

proportional representation

SAR

International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue

SD

Sweden Democrats

SOLAS

International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea

SPÖ

Social Democratic Party of Austria (Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs)

TEU

Treaty on European Union

TFEU

Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

UNCLOS

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees