In brief
Preliminary repayment demands total at least €445,000, UNIAN reports, citing Kronen Zeitung. The cases concern Ukrainians who did not declare their Ukrainian pensions when applying for basic assistance.
Austrian authorities are seeking repayments of basic assistance from Ukrainians who failed to declare pension income from Ukraine, UNIAN reported, citing Kronen Zeitung. The preliminary demands under the Grundversorgung programme total at least €445,000.
According to the report, the Lower Austria Regional Administrative Court ruled in late September that Ukrainian pensions count as income and must be taken into account when granting basic assistance. UNIAN said authorities can demand repayment if pension payments are subsequently found to have been received alongside state assistance. The report did not specify the year of the ruling.
One Ukrainian pensioner has already been ordered to repay €11,569, the report said. It did not specify how many people face repayment demands or when the individual demands were issued. The €445,000 figure represents preliminary demands, rather than money already recovered.
Social services urged Ukrainian refugees to declare income from abroad promptly, according to UNIAN. The reported cases concern undeclared pension income; they do not establish a repayment requirement for all Ukrainians in Austria.
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