It has become quiet around you, one thinks!

My thoughts for you Ahmad Jan! It has become quiet around you, one thinks! But that is not true, Jan! Every day people write to me and ask me how you are, how your case is going, what you are doing..... 100s of Austrians often think of you. Since 28.4 I have been talking to you on the phone every day. How are you? Asking you this question ...

I immediately took her into my heart.

The Afghan girl was introduced to me! I have taken her to my heart. She has such a strong heart! Such a girlish, lovely nature. She wants to learn about our life, is totally interested. She goes to school, rides her bike, meets her friends, plays theatre! Once a week we have agreed to meet. We can learn from each other. Together we build ...

People can be deported, responsibility can't #besecure

I deal with young Afghans on a daily basis. I meet them, talk to them, listen to their worries, their fears. We have looked for school and training places, we have become friends. These young people are now in great need. They feel conscious rejection being built against them day after day. The Minister of the Interior and his party are proud to ...

Subsequent hearing after deportation

In the hearing at the BvwG, A's arrest at the BvwG in April 2018, before deportation, was again seen as unlawful! Ahmad will once again be financially compensated! A correct and therefore meaningful judgement for the handling of the competent authority regarding detention pending deportation! Now it continues! Open application for humanitarian right to stay at the BfA. We continue to work! Step by step, ...

Phone calls with you, A. Jan

and all the other Afghans in our country. ANGST You know, Jan, I always try to find the right words in our long telephone conversations. But what are the right words? What words do we send to Afghanistan? Do we get stuck in the minutes when we practise Persian together, when we smile tiredly, sometimes laugh, or do we stay ...

My thoughts for you A Jan!

The many beautiful conversations with you are what now accompany me through the hours. There is so much to do at the moment! Lots of new things! Before we had so much to do with happy things, finding school places, apprenticeships, congratulating German certificates, etc., now our work naturally goes hand in hand with what "wind" is blowing towards you! when I know you in Afghanistan, your ...

"We are not alone" on 11 May 2018 at Minoritenplatz, Vienna

Christoph Riedl, Daniel Landau, Michael Genner and I Christoph Riedl, Diakonie Österreich Daniel Landau and Choir TrotzAlleDem Michael Genner, Asyl in Not My speech My message to you Ahmad Jan and to all people who feel inside that we should have a different way of dealing with people on the run, in the great hope that we will carry on a great movement ...

I am online

Today my new homepage goes online and I am more than happy about it. Because for many people on the run, it's now down to the wire and they need us more than ever! I have been working for 4 years mainly with and for young refugees from Syria and Afghanistan. I am the founder of "Give me your hand", this association was the ...