On 13 March the Austrian Interior Minister Herbert Kickl announced that Austria will change its asylum policy because of the incidents in the recent days,[1] saying: "We need courageous approaches... The current asylum law will no longer meet the demands of a globalized world." The Austrian government intends to use the EU Presidency in the second half of the year to win alliances in Europe on this issue.[18] In addition, he announced that he wants to improve the system of Rückkehrberatung (return counseling) for asylum seekers.[3]