Asylum seekers are housed in unheated tents in freezing temperatures, thousands of child refugees disappear, journalists are prevented from doing their jobs and people are denied access to social services – Amnesty International’s annual report laments numerous human rights violations in Austria. “Austria is currently at a turning point in the struggle for human rights,” warns Amnesty International Austria’s general director, Annemarie Schlack, in a conversation on krone.tv with Jürgen Winterleitner. “The direction we take now will be decisive for decades to come.”
Particularly shocking: 11,426 refugee children disappeared in Austria last year. What will happen to the children is uncertain: “The children come here without parents, are often placed in shelters such as Traiskirchen and do not have a responsible person.” No one cares, says Schlack.
The reception of asylum seekers also takes place under sometimes inhumane conditions, says the general director of Amnesty International. “People who come to Austria and ask for protection should have the right to have their asylum application processed normally. And during this time, these people must be adequately cared for.”
The situation of the 90,000 refugees from Ukraine shows that many good things are happening: “Many people have offered help and private housing here.” But there are also many who still have not reimbursed the increased cost of housing, he says.
You can see the whole video with Annemarie Schlack in the video above.
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Source: Krone
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