Vienna, Afghanistan, working for and with people on the run

For all those who accompany, support, observe our work in goodwill and also for those who are directly affected, a small cross-section from the last visit to Vienna. BBU-Bundesbetreuungsagentur #Fairlassen Very good cooperation of different NGOs who have been intensively dealing with the loss of independent legal counselling for the last year. Together we tried to make the best out of this terrible situation. The Federal Support Agency ...

#StopDeportationToAfghanistan - Roberta Rastl

"Anyone who sends people who have fled war and persecution back to a war-torn country like Afghanistan, thereby accepting their death, is acting inhumanely." Roberta Rastl/Media Relations Diakonie Austria Many of us know Roberta as a reliable contact person. Her warmth and humour are exemplary and bring a lot of joy into our sometimes stressful everyday work. Roberta Rastl clearly expresses what many of us ...

Dublin scandal - a humanitarian disaster

After 4 years in Austria still no asylum procedure! Currently an Afghan father with his 4 children is in detention pending deportation, palliative means, who has already been in Austria for almost 50 months. The mother is seriously ill and has been in hospital since April 2019. Expected duration of hospital stay until March 2020. The father and the children are now, through the measure of the ...

#StopDeportationToAfghanistan-Hannes Stickler

"Faith, heart and mind tell me that deportation to Afghanistan is contrary to human dignity. It is important to stand up against this, to speak out and to stop this cruelty immediately," says Deacon Hannes Stickler. Hannes Stickler is the director of the Diakonissen hospital in Schladming and is known to many Austrians in connection with the case of Hossein Lehrling/Afghanistan in the Diakonissen hospital in Schladming. In consistent ...

#StopDeportationToAfghanistan - Christoph Riedl

How could we start the New Year better than with a man who is regarded both in Austria and in Europe as one of the people who sincerely, peacefully and with all their might preserve human rights and fight for them every day, Christoph Riedl. Christoph Riedl is an expert on asylum, integration and human rights. He worked for 20 years in the Diakonie Refugee Service, since ...