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  The coalition plans to make asylum seekers hand over any cash they have when they submit an asylum claim, so that it funds their welfare.
  
  They will also have to hand over their mobile phones so that the authorities can see from their data how they reached Austria and whom they contacted. Phones will not be confiscated but there will be systematic checks.
  
  According to the new Austrian government's plans:
  
  Basic care will be provided for migrants in kind - no longer in cash benefits
  
  Doctors providing basic medical care for migrants may have to provide more information than in the past, as "their duty of confidentiality will be limited", the coalition programme says (in German)
  
  Spouses will be barred from Austria in cases of polygamy, forced marriage or child marriage
  
  Asylum seekers' children will have to attend special "bridging" classes in migrant hostels, separate from mainstream education. The coalition does not explain how that system will work. Many hostels are in small towns and lack resources for such classes, Austria's Der Standard newspaper reports.
  
  In a Facebook post, FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache said (in German): "No longer will it possible for migrants who haven't worked here a single day and have paid nothing into the system to get thousands of euros in social security!" He added: "On this point we in the Freedom Party have stuck to a central electoral promise!"
  
  The Danish government was widely criticised in Europe when it introduced similar measures.

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