Austria (Report: Muhammad Amir Siddique)Austria. The killing of a 13-year-old in Vienna causes the Chancellery Minister Karoline Edtstadler (ÖVP) to take up the issue of preventive detention again. She said: “In the case of particularly dangerous law breakers, you will have to consider whether you should keep them. That has to be discussed. “Edtstadler said it was about the time until a decision is made as to whether a criminal has to leave the country: “What do you do with those whose asylum or protection status is denied, but who cannot be deported due to international law and regulations ? “Greens against political instrumentalization. After the ÖVP criticized the coalition partner as a reaction to the killing of the 13-year-old and urged rapid deportations, Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler and Justice Minister Alma Zadic spoke up yesterday. The two green members of the government spoke out against political instrumentalization of the case. Kogler recalled the government program and emphasized that Zadic had never called for a deportation stop to Afghanistan. The case reignited asylum and delinquency. After a round table, Edtstadler asked Justice Minister Zadic to call in the supervisory authority. The investigations are in full swing, in addition to a third arrest, it was announced on Thursday that another possible accomplice is being sought. Meanwhile, Chancellery Minister Karoline Edtstadler (ÖVP) convened a round table on the subject. Since the arrested suspects are three Afghan refugees, the case reignited the issue of asylum and delinquency. After the round table from Justice Minister Alma Zadic (Greens), Edtstadler asked for the supervision to be involved. If action had been taken more quickly, one of the suspects would probably have been deported at the time of the crime, said Edtstadler at a press conference. Experts were invited to the round table, concrete measures were not announced afterwards, but Edtstadler’s message was that it was not possible to go back to the agenda. The minister disapproved of the fact that persons entitled to subsidiary protection were given the opportunity to appeal against deportation even after capital crimes. Overall, she advocated exhausting the legal framework. The Minister for Europe also saw a challenge for European politics with faster deportations, further readmission agreements and more effective external border protection. n the individual contributions of the experts, a strong focus was placed on a presumably misguided understanding of women among Muslim men. The numerical material presented served to show a higher crime rate, especially among Afghan refugees. The general director for public security, Franz Ruf, stated that there were 883 crimes for every 100,000 inhabitants, but 4,000 for Afghans. They are also overrepresented in sexual offenses. Edstadler once again said that anyone seeking protection in Austria has to respect the local values: “If you don’t do that, you have no business in the country.” So you have to look closely at where “political Islam” is up to mischief . The round table was only the beginning of the more intensive occupation with the topic. Doskozil calls for “consistent migration policy” Burgenland Governor Hans Peter Doskozil (SPÖ) struck similar tones. He demanded from his party “complete cooperation” with the government in a “consistent migration policy”. Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) picked up the ball immediately and, in a media statement on Thursday lunchtime, encouraged all parties to close ranks to continue deporting asylum seekers to Afghanistan. Ideas from red and green regarding a deportation stop are inappropriate, said Kurz. Deportation must be carried out in all countries where this has already been the case. He expects a rethink from the Social Democrats and Greens. The FPÖ called for a deportation offensive to Afghanistan. Party leader Herbert Kickl addressed a “ten-point plan” to “defend against acts of violence by asylum seekers or persons entitled to asylum”. NEOS, in turn, suggested limiting the maximum duration to 180 days, following the Swiss model, up to the second-instance decision. “A positive asylum decision means: access to the labor market, massive support for rapid integration and thus full opportunities. A negative asylum decision means: resolute repatriation, ”said Vice Club boss Nikolaus Scherak. In the past, Zadic had been critical of deportations to Afghanistan and spoke out in favor of an evaluation. Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler and Justice Minister Alma Zadic then spoke up on Thursday. The two green members of the government spoke out against political instrumentalization of the case. Kogler recalled the government program and emphasized that Zadic had never called for a deportation stop to Afghanistan. “What we should not participate in and I will certainly not participate is the change of political change and the division of society,” said Kogler in a broadcast. He described the case as “a cruel act for which the perpetrators should be prosecuted and convicted by all means of the rule of law”. It is clear: “Whoever seeks and needs protection from violence and persecution with us should get it. But anyone who commits serious violent crimes here has to leave this country again. ”This is also what the government program says:“ Consistent deportation of third-country nationals who have committed criminal offenses and whose protection status has been revoked. The government program also agreed and the current legal situation was the ongoing reassessment of the security situation in the countries of origin of asylum seekers taking into account the findings of international organizations, in particular the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). “And that, according to the ECHR (European Convention on Human Rights, note), each case must be examined individually before being deported,” said Kogler: “The Minister of Justice stated this in the debate.”
Auch Zadic betonte: „Wer bei uns Schutz vor Gewalt und Verfolgung sucht, bekommt in Auch – wer Aber bei uns schwere Gewaltverbrechen begeht, muss dieses Land wieder verlassen.“ Sie werde Diesen „erschreckend brutalen Fall“ Nicht politisch instrumentalisieren. „Das entspricht nicht meinem politischen Stil, und daran werde ich mich nicht beteiligen. Wichtig ist, dass wir den Fall Rasch aufklären und die Täter mit Allen Mitteln des Rechtsstaats Zur Verantwortung ziehen. Das sind wir den Angehörigen schuldig. Diesen möchte ich nochmals mein aufrichtig empfundenes Mitgefühl ausdrücken“, so die Justizministerin. The resolution passed by the SPÖ, meanwhile, provides “that Austria does not carry out any deportations to crisis regions or countries where the Austrian Foreign Ministry classifies a stay as a risk” – this is the case with Afghanistan. From the point of view of SPÖ Federal Managing Director Christian Deutsch, this does not preclude the deportation of asylum seekers who have committed serious crimes, as he said in a broadcast: “For the SPÖ it is clear: Whoever applies for asylum must comply with laws and regulations Keep the rules. Anyone who disregards our laws has no place in Austria and no right to protection. “Tuldung was pronounced by BFA. The Federal Administrative Court (BvWG), however, rejected the blame of the Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum (BFA) in the case. A spokesman confirmed that the asylum procedure against one of the suspected Afghans had been going on since the end of 2019. However, he pointed out that the Federal Office itself had given the 18-year-old toleration in Austria. The BvWG explained the long duration with tens of thousands of pending asylum procedures. BFA director Gernot Maier pointed out that the BFA had revoked the protection status for the Afghans after several convictions. Before a decision by the Federal Administrative Court on the young man’s complaint, however, one was not allowed to carry out deportation. And the complaint has been pending since November 2019. Ruf confirmed the third arrest on the sidelines of the round table on Thursday. This was done on Wednesday evening. The third suspect is a 23-year-old Afghan who is already officially known. He is said to have already been convicted of drug offenses. The young man was caught on Wednesday at around 10 p.m. at the Michelbeuern underground station in Alsergrund by officers from the State Criminal Police Office together with police officers from the Task Force to Combat Street Crime (EGS). There is suspicion against him that he “may have been involved in the act that led to the death of the 13-year-old,” said police spokesman Markus Dittrich. Fourth arrest warrant. A fourth arrest warrant could also be confirmed, said Ruf. According to reliable information from the APA, a 22-year-old Afghan with a European arrest warrant has been searched for since Tuesday. The “Kronen Zeitung” reported online that the investigators assume that the girl was abused by a group of young men. There was no official confirmation from the police. “The investigation is proceeding swiftly. Further suspects cannot be ruled out, ”said Dittrich. Ruf spoke of a “dynamic development” in the investigation. He didn’t give any details. The girl was found leaning against a tree in front of the 18-year-old suspect’s apartment in the Danube city on Saturday morning. According to a coroner who was called in, the 13-year-old had suffocated. The 18-year-old and a 16-year-old compatriot were arrested on Monday evening. The police got on the trail of the two through testimony. The elder has already been sentenced three times. Meanwhile, the two other suspects were questioned – but unsuccessfully. The interrogations of the 16-year-old and the 18-year-old allegedly have not yet helped to clarify the situation. The younger one has remained silent so far, while the older one denied having anything to do with the killing of the girl. On Wednesday, the two were transferred to the Josefstadt prison. From then on, the prosecution has 48 hours to submit applications for custody. The public prosecutor’s office has already commissioned several expert reports – including an autopsy report to clarify the exact cause of death as well as a toxicological and a molecular genetic report.
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