Security measures have been tightened after the suspected arson attack on a planned refugee house on Lunzerstrasse in Linz. That the country hands over the search for housing to the Red Cross, Samaritans and Co. provokes criticism.
That much was already certain on Monday: If the unknown perpetrators aimed to prevent the asylum seekers’ center on Lunzerstraße in Linz, they failed: After, as reported, wooden parts for the planned accommodation were set on fire, the delay Only light construction , according to the Samaritan Association, which oversees the project.
Police patrols and video surveillance
But: “We can’t go back to business as usual,” says Günther Erhartmaier, president of the Samaritan Federation. Measures have now been taken to ensure very good surveillance of the construction site. In addition to more police patrols and security guards, video cameras will be installed.
Luger locates “system error”
While the police continue to search for the perpetrators, the discussion about political responsibility enters the next round. That NGOs such as the Samaritan Association are responsible not only for the operation, but also for the search for a location for asylum residences is a “system error”, criticizes the mayor of Linz, Klaus Luger (SPÖ). The country is abdicating responsibility.
“Not the job of NGOs”
His parliamentary party will demand a change from the state through a municipal council resolution: “Making homes available is not a task of NGOs, that is a state task.” in debates we don’t want.”
No mass stays
The addressee of the finding is the integration council member Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer (ÖVP), under whose political responsibility the district in Lunzerstrasse falls. It is clear to him “that no one enjoys asylum reception”. However, he emphasizes that this is not a mass accommodation: “No more than 48 people will live there and only those who have been admitted to the asylum procedure.”
An information from the surrounding households about the accommodation – which is planned by the Samaritans anyway – could now be brought forward after the fire.
Source: Krone
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