" Thousands dead. Hundreds of thousands displaced. That is the reality. Anyone who declares this Afghanistan safe is complicit." Erich Fenninger/Director Volkshilfe Austria Erich Fenninger, for years committed to people in need and to people on the run. A man who very closely observes and knows the social and political situation in our country and consistently advocates for good coexistence and ...
Afghanistan deportations-suspended detention
Repeating again and again that deportations to Afghanistan are in no way compatible with human rights and European values may seem strange, but the attitude of the Austrian Federal Government unfortunately forces us to do so. Afghanistan is a high-risk area affected by war and terror, and I personally do not know a single deportee who is able to gain a foothold in this country through his or her own means. Even people who have been deported by ...
Abuses in Austrian asylum procedures
THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO TALK, because this is not about a game, but about naked survival! I have personally been present at enough interviews in ongoing asylum procedures, both at the BFA, Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum, and at the BvWG. I have met extraordinarily correct officials as well as judges, but also people, please forgive me, of the worst kind. This above ...
"Against arbitrariness" ....what does this have to do with the Minister of the Interior?
The evening "Against Arbitrariness" on 7 October at the Theater Josefstadt is almost sold out and for good reason. Many Austrians already suspect that our constitutional state is beginning to falter, but many are still unable to say exactly where and how this is taking place, what can be done about it, and so on. I can well relate to this when I think of how I was in ...
Radicalisation of Afghan returnees
Thoughts from A. Jan to me on 18.6.2018 8 weeks after his deportation to Afghanistan from Austria Today I happened to listen to a Mullah interview about Europe. I loved listening to the interview at the beginning because the words of this mullah at the beginning were very beautiful He first described very well the people in Europe and called them "good people". He ...