 Persons with mental illnesses still experience marginalisation and stigmatisation.  Adequate resources for rehabilitation (provision of assistance for persons with disabilities) are needed.  There is an urgent need to promote equal opportunities for persons with mental illnesses. 2.4.2.6. Persons with disabilities among refugees Photos and reports from or about refugees who have entered Austria as a destination or transit country after a long and arduous journey tend to obscure the fact that there are also persons with disabilities seeking asylum. The increase in the number of refugees over the past two years has also resulted in a significant increase in the number of refugees who are particularly in need of protection. This includes chronically ill individuals, traumatised persons, pregnant women, (unaccompanied) minors, elderly people and persons with disabilities. Within this group, persons with serious or very serious multiple disabilities who seek protection are in a particularly precarious situation, as the question of reception and care revolves around specific needs. In practice, there are many problems associated with the provision of appropriate medical and social care and provision of necessary resources. These problems may require specific and often individual solutions. Effective as of 1 July 2015, EU Directive 2013/33 (as amended) sets forth requirements regarding provision of services for persons with special needs. Section 19.2 thereof states: “Member States shall provide necessary medical or other assistance to applicants who have special reception needs, including appropriate mental health care where needed”. Under Section 22, member states must ensure that the support provided to applicants with special reception needs takes into account their special reception needs throughout the duration of the asylum procedure. This means that persons with disabilities must be provided with care appropriate to their disability and prophylactic treatment or treatment which compensates for the disability not only during initial reception but also as part of the provision of residential space appropriate to their basic care. In 2015, in light of the capacities available for housing and caring for refugees, these requirements could not be met. Unfortunately, this was observed on many occasions during visits conducted by Commission 6 to the completely overburdened Traiskirchen Initial Reception Centre and during visits by Commission 4 to emergency accommodations, where the goal is simply to fend off homelessness. Thus, for example, at the Traiskirchen Initial Reception Centre there is Building 4, which is specifically for persons with disabilities. During its visits, Commission 6 observed that accessibility for persons with No accessibility for persons with disabilities at Traiskirchen Initial 87