In a country proud of a strong social security system that guarantees no one lives in squalor children and men were forced to sleep in the open weathering rainstorms and heat waves without mattresses The United Nations refugee agency judged it “beneath human dignity.” Austria's own interior minister described the conditions as “precarious.” The ministry's general coordinator for Traiskirchen told GlobalPost that the situation was “unbearable.” was simply overwhelmed with the influx of refugees over the summer This year more than 600,000 people have sought asylum in the EU Syrians fleeing war make up the largest group Traiskirchen's conditions weren't just blamed on Austria’s Interior Ministry the multimillion-dollar Swiss company running the camp more refugees equals more profits — particularly if costs are held down Austria's outsourced refugee camps bear comparison to the United States private prison system “I have the strong apprehension that the ministry is taking the American model as an example and that's not my wish because we all know the negative examples of all the things that are happening in American prisons,” Alev Korun for-profit prisons hold 6% of state inmates and 16% of federal ones according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Proponents of privatization say the firms are saving governments money But the ACLU has cited "numerous cases of violence and atrocious conditions" linked to some private facilities “Handing the care of refugees over to a private company Despite outrage about Traiskirchen from NGOs and many Austrians when 28,000 people claimed asylum in Austria the government paid ORS 21 million euros ($23.7 million) for its services a staggering 52,000 requests have already been recorded.In response to questions from GlobalPost ORS said it currently employs about 500 people and runs 22 camps for the federal government as it divides some locations into several sub-camps.) The ministry confirmed that ORS gets 19 euros in public money for the care of each refugee per day The company is expected to provide basics like three meals a day; proper hygiene standards with a minimum amount of toilets and showers; and medical legal and psychological care for those in need But rights experts charge that when the facility's occupancy was more than 250% because they (ORS) are getting a lot of money from us,” said Alexander Marakovits “We wouldn't give them this money if they didn't fulfill their duties,” he said He added that the dramatic increase of the shelter's refugee population would have challenged any service provider said that the number of refugees sent to each camp was the responsibility of the government endeavored to care for the asylum seekers as best as possible,” Brunner said Amnesty International disagreed: Although it would have been possible to take proper care of asylum seekers their human rights regarding accommodation and management were violated The rights monitor said it is preparing for another visit ORS is only gaining in popularity with Austrian authorities As many as 85,000 people are expected to request asylum in the tiny Alpine nation by the end of the year — making the country relative to its population of 8 million people as much a refugee destination as neighboring Germany the contract with ORS stipulates that each new federal asylum-seeker center is to be operated by ORS The enormous influx has meant an increase from 10 camps last year to 38 now ORS posted job ads and even hired interns at about $2,100 a month ORS has proven on multiple occasions that it is capable of ramping up accommodation … and most of all allocating qualified staff,” Brunner said But personnel have told local media a different story: Hardly anyone was qualified for the jobs they were doing which operate with autonomy similar to US states the mountainous province of Vorarlberg tasked ORS with running two new refugee camps The decision was made right after conditions at Traiskirchen reached a low point The Green Party's Korun has made several parliamentary inquiries to find out more What's clear is that ORS receives preferential treatment Interior Minister Johanna Mickl-Leitner admitted that ORS received not only the 19 euros (or about $21.50) per refugee per day but a lump sum for each camp that ORS operates confirmed that they only received the 19 euros The ministry did not reveal the amount of the lump sum The first time a private company started handling camps for the government was in 2003 But after several incidents — one refugee died in Traiskirchen; another filed a complaint against a staffer who allegedly raped her — and meager financial returns the government announced requests for bids within the EU it doesn't matter if a private organization or a charity gets the contract as long as the same standards apply for everyone local media were in the dark about the Traiskirchen facility Several local news outlets sought permission to report inside or no one was available to show journalists around Even Doctors Without Borders was denied access That's why you're not allowed inside,” Magd told GlobalPost during a recent visit to Traiskirchen many of the refugees have been processed and reassigned the federal government and the powerful provincial governors have gotten a better grip on how to distribute the population Traiskirchen is now 800 residents above capacity Conditions seemed to have improved when GlobalPost was granted rare access inside rice and a side salad — were more than generous GlobalPost witnessed the distribution of space heaters for those still sleeping in tents The camp appeared to be clean and exceptionally orderly Little girls squealed happily as they glided on track rides more people have been forced to leave their homes than at any other time since record-keeping began Due to violent conflicts ravaging so much of the world one out of every 122 humans is either on the run it would be the world's 24th biggest,” the UN's refugee agency found After expanding to Austria from its home turf of Switzerland ORS has now also put down roots in the German state of Bavaria ORS has been tasked with running refugee camps there A regional spokesperson said that the state had already worked with private companies like security experts in the past and was now simply entrusting one single company to handle all services Private companies prove in many cases to be more efficient than governments the worry remains the same: that financial interest comes before proper care for those in need A private company that's about profit won't care for them as well as an NGO and that's in the nature of profit-oriented organizations: The less money they spend on care the more will be left for them,” Korun said it's very dangerous to be under the care of such companies,” she said This article originally appeared on GlobalPost Its content was created separately to USA TODAY 110 kilograms of cannabis were discovered in a truck in Traiskirchen (Baden district) during a police operation on Wednesday night The discovery was made as part of investigations by the Vienna State Criminal Police Office are fighting against perpetrator groups from North Africa who source their drugs from the Balkans The Vienna police did not want to provide further details about the case It was emphasized that these are sensitive drug investigators announced that around Easter several hundred kilos of cannabis and two kilos of cocaine the officers discovered that the cannabis and cocaine were to be brought to Austria via truck deliveries several heavy vehicles from a freight company were on the move but one had the drugs hidden in one of the numerous boxes One of these trucks was intercepted at the Spielfeld border crossing a second in the Vienna district of Favoriten The criminals' plan was to transfer the hot goods into minibuses and distribute them to the North African perpetrator groups who would then act as so-called runners to bring the drugs to the people This article has been automatically translated, read the original article here Endecke die langjährige Geschichte der FK Austria Entdecke die größten Legenden der FK Austria Wien Offene Stellenausschreibungen beim FK Austria Wien wann wo und wie du deine Karten für Auswärtsspiele organisieren kannst Hier findest du die aktuellen Termine für geführte Touren & kannst direkt dein Ticket dafür buchen Ein anstrengendes Spiel macht durstig – wir garantieren für eine ausreichende Flüssigkeitszufuhr Glanzvoller Abend im Kreise der violetten Familie Du willst beim nächsten Austria Soccer Camp dabei sein Erlebe ein Heimspiel der Frauen hautnah in der Generali-Arena Hier geht es direkt auf die neue und eigens konzipierte Business-Website Austria Wien win their test match against FCM Traiskirchen 3-1 Florian Wustinger and Marko Raguž scored the goals in the charity match after the floods in Traiskirchen Johannes Handl and Luca Pazourek celebrated their comeback while 17-year-old goalkeeper Stefan Blazević made his debut The Violets got off to a flying start and looked dangerous in front of goal after just a few minutes but Marko Raguž's header hit the crossbar (3') Florian Wustinger missed a pass from Reini Ranftl by just centimetres (5') Traiskirchen tried to hold out and did well but Stephan Helm's team had the game under control A shot from Hakim Guenouche was too central (16‘) Johannes Handl's header from a corner (20’ The 29-year-old then took centre stage again shortly afterwards when Traiskirchen keeper Giuliani brought him down in the penalty area - referee Gwandner immediately awarded a penalty the striker then gave way to Florian Wustinger again Gruber was unfairly stopped in the penalty area And this time the violet number 29 stepped up himself and also converted confidently to make it 2-0 (42') Just a few moments after Traiskirchen kicked off Ranftl brought the ball high towards the opposing penalty area where the ball unfortunately bounced off a home defender into the goal (43') Luca Pazourek also made his comeback at the break but needed a few minutes to become really dangerous again A shot from Raguž was only just cleared off the line (55‘) Moritz Wels’ fine free-kick was also well saved (59‘) and another shot from Wels was again kept out by the strong Giuliani (61’) the hosts managed to score from a corner (65') 17-year-old Stefan Blazević was in goal for the first time but the first assistant referee raised his flag and the goal did not count (80') but his shot sailed just over the crossbar (85') Austria were delighted with their 3-1 victory and even more pleased to have helped FCM Traiskirchen with this game after the floods in September Philipp Wiesinger and Nik Prelec were given a break while Cristiano had to miss out due to illness Matteo Pérez Vinlöf and Philipp Maybach are travelling with the national team Austria: Kos (Blazević 72.) – Handl (Fischer 46.) 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Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Austria (WCIV) — Trooper Bob departed Charleston Tuesday to travel to the other side of the world to visit a very special place in his heart He's visiting the refugee camp where he was born Austria after his parents fled Hungary in 1971 is a city and municipality in the district of Baden in Lower Austria and is home of the largest refugee camp in Austria and also where Bob was born “I’m not going to be able to go inside and take a quick tour but I want to at least visit the outside and take time to reflect on where our journey to America started," Bob stated "I always think of that people who are there and want nothing but the best for them I do wish that I would be able to visit and encourage them to stay strong because there is hope for everyone there.” His parents fled Hungary when his mom was eight months pregnant eventually wanting to come to America for a better life Bob’s father cleaned out chicken cages for a farmer and saved up money for their flight to America When he saved up around 75% of the money for airfare around a year after arriving in Austria the farmer he worked for loaned him the rest of the balance He said it was because Bob's father was a hard worker and he wanted to help Bob's parents eventually left for America with two suitcases and only $500 in cash to their names "The reason that I fly first class is because my mom told me that when we flew to America I slept next to her feet on the floor," Bob explained 'I slept on a dirty floor for the entire trip to JFK Where everyone had dirt on their shoes and where dust collected?' Once she told me that I’ve been flying back to Hungary in first class." Shortly after arriving at JFK Airport in Queens they eventually made their way to reside in Fairfield They worked as custodians for a Hungarian church called Calvin United Church of Christ in Fairfield There they lived in a small house that was located behind the church and on the church grounds In exchange for living there they were responsible for cleaning the church and maintaining the grounds such as cutting grass his parents only spoke Hungarian and immediately found full-time work within the local Hungarian community Bob's mother worked for $2.00 an hour working at a plant that made light bulbs She had to walk 1.5 miles each way to work His father worked for a construction company that employed a majority of Hungarian workers and a few of Polish decent they mailed $20 a month back to the farmer who loaned them the remaining money they needed to come to America They vowed not to eat at a restaurant or buy anything of significance until the farmer was paid in full Trooper Bob is now on his was back to Hungary to visit relatives near the Ukrainian border but made sure to take time to visit the refugee camp in Austria You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Unfortunately we could not find the desired page. Visit the homepage or use the search function to find the content you are looking for either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content A minute of silence recorded to protest the ill treatment of refugees was played at a festival in Austria's second largest city on Saturday The song, titled Schweigeminute, topped the iTunes chart in Austria last week after a successful pre-order run, and remained in the top ten on Tuesday The track will officially go on sale this Friday Haspel has described the protest song as a reaction to the state of Austria's main immigration center "It seems like I have found the right words for this situation which is no words at all," Haspel told AFP in August "My personal short-term goal is that tonight in Traiskirchen.. people don't have to sleep in wet beds without shelter with their kids having not enough food This is unworthy of our European idea and our self-understanding as human beings," he said Earlier this month the Traiskirchen center, near Vienna, was branded "shameful" and "inhuman" by the human rights group, Amnesty International, according the BBC About 20,000 people gathered in the center of Vienna yesterday to protest following the discovery of 71 dead bodies in an abandoned refrigerated truck on a motorway near the Hungarian border, last week. 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(JTA) — Even at his remote sheep pasture in the Austrian countryside Hans Breuer was too disturbed by the plight of the Syrian refugees streaming into his country to go about his daily routine a 61-year-old Jewish shepherd and singer of Yiddish songs were the overcrowded conditions at Traiskirchen — a government-run refugee camp near Vienna that was featured on the local news last month because its 4,500 residents were double the intended capacity I asked my wife whether we should do something and that’s how it began,” Breuer told JTA last week recalling his recent experiences assisting dozens of refugees Breuer showed up at Traiskirchen with peaches water and meat from a sheep he had slaughtered for the refugees — one among his flock of 200 that he keeps near his trailer home 15 miles from Vienna including assisting migrants in their trek from Hungary to Austria by transporting them closer to the border During one of his trips this month with migrants Breuer was filmed by a fellow activist driving five passengers who said they were Syrian Palestinians while singing a Yiddish song: “Oyfn Veg Shteyt a Boym” (“A tree stands off a road”) by Itsik Manger delivered the lyrics in a moving rendition The giggling migrants joined in for a bit of the refrain uploaded to YouTube and disseminated on social networks It’s been watched tens of thousands of times and also appeared in the online edition of The Jerusalem Post where readers offered praise for Breuer’s “contribution to coexistence,” as one user phrased it in the comment section — as well as condemnations for his assistance to “the Muslim invasion of Europe,” as another put it Breuer said he was surprised to discover that so many people found the situation unusual and politically charged “My connection to refugees is as strong as it is instinctive,” he said but it’s also a question of human rights and humanity.” Georg — a middle-class Austrian Jew who was not observant but belonged to the Reform Jewish milieu of Vienna — was himself a refugee where he became a communist and a journalist was tortured by the Gestapo during the Nazi period — she tried to commit suicide by jumping out of the fourth floor of a hospital building where the Gestapo imprisoned her Her father was sent to a concentration camp for dissidents “They weren’t like those couples who survived the Holocaust and never spoke about it,” said Breuer of his parents “On the contrary: They told and told and it dominated my youth Their refugee experience wasn’t exactly a trauma for me their stories of escape from ISIS terrorists and the alienation they encountered in Europe made him think of his own parents’ ordeal Breuer brought along his youngest children 3 1/2-year-old Louis and 1 1/2-year-old Rosa (Breuer’s children from his second marriage.) As a token of gratitude some of the refugees gave the children teddy bears which they hurled over Traiskirchen’s wire fence “When they saw how happy our kids were with the new toys It was “one of the most emotional moments” he had in his interactions with the migrants Breuer said he knows firsthand what it is to be an outsider Breuer said he was ostracized for what he calls his “mild obsession” with the Holocaust They thought I was pretty weird,” he recalled Breuer said he began despising certain aspects of Austrian society – and especially its lack of reflection and soul searching in the postwar era that Austria was a victim of Nazism instead of an accomplice was “especially disgusting,” Breuer said “I understood that I didn’t want to be a doctor if it meant working with ex-Nazi doctors,” he said “I didn’t want to become a lawyer if it meant appearing before a Nazi judge.” Breuer — the subject of “Schlepping Through the Alps,” a 2005 biography authored by the American writer and journalist Sam Apple — became a musician and sheep breeder often living in communities of like-minded individuals Georg Breuer belonged to a social class for whom the affiliation with Yiddish-speaking refugees from Eastern Europe was an embarrassment He said he discovered Yiddish music 35 years ago while playing and singing world music with various ensembles written by refugees for other refugees like themselves somehow makes me think of home,” Breuer said “It is also my hope for the refugees I help: That they find a home.” I’d like to ask you to please support the Forward American Jews need independent news they can trust At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S rising antisemitism and polarized discourse This is a great time to support independent Jewish journalism you rely on See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs Copyright © 2025 The Forward Association, Inc. All rights reserved. Please use Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge to view this site. ABC News News HomeSleepy Austrian town a key outpost in struggle to cope with relentless tide of asylum seekersShare Sleepy Austrian town a key outpost in struggle to cope with relentless tide of asylum seekersBy freelance contributor Kim Traill in Traiskirchen AustriaTopic:Refugees Wearing a white scaf, Farzona, 32, is from Afghanistan and has been waiting outside Traiskirchen's refugee reception centre in Austria for the past three days. (Kim Traill) Link copiedShareShare articleAs winter approaches, Austria — like many countries in Europe — is struggling to accommodate tens of thousands of asylum seekers flooding across its borders each week. Last month alone, about 10,000 people applied for asylum in this country of just 8.5 million people. And the relentless nature of the crisis has prompted Austria's foreign minister to again call for Europe to improve security on its external borders. In the sleepy town of Traiskirchen, I met Murad Scherwan, a refugee who fled Kurdish Syria five years ago. An asylum seeker looking for accommodation reads a notice outside the refugee camp in Traiskirchen. (Kim Traill) He is outside one of Austria's two main refugee camps. With him are three young Lebanese asylum seekers: Mohammed Kassab, 20; his friend, Nawal Saad, 21; and 18-year-old Nour Tokh. "I found them in St Polten train station five days ago," Murad explains. "They had nothing to eat and nowhere to sleep. What could I do? I took them back to my place. "But I only have 30 square metres and that's not enough for four people. "I brought them here to the camp, but they told us there's no room here and they have to stay with me. "But it's impossible. I need to work. I've already borrowed 500 euros from my cousin to pay for food for them." Murad, second from the right, met asylum seekers Nour, Mohammed and Nawal at a train station and took them home. (Kim Traill) The newly arrived Mohammed tells me in fluent English why he fled Lebanon. "My father died when I was four and my mother has cancer. Hezbollah helped us when my brother and I were small, but when we grew up, they wanted us to go to Syria, to die," he said. "I said no. I did not want to fight against [Syrian president Bashar al] Assad. Now I don't have anything. No money, nothing. "There are so many Syrians living in Lebanon that there is no work. And now I don't know what will happen to me here." Murad nods and says despairingly, "You see why I couldn't leave them?" The former artillery school in Traiskirchen, Austria, is one of the country's two main refugee camps. (Kim Traill) But Murad is worried about far more than how he will feed and house his Lebanese guests while he waits for Austria's overstretched authorities to offer them accommodation. After finding himself in what he describes as a similar situation earlier this year, Murad was accused of people smuggling and sentenced to six months in prison. "I helped some refugees get food and gave them a place to stay. The police caught me with them. I spent 5 months and 26 days in prison, just for trying to help," he explains. He was released three months ago and says, "I swore I'd never help refugees again." "But here I am again! What can I do?" he said. Mohammed, Nawal and Nour were not the only ones being turned away from the camp at Traiskirchen, 20 kilometres south of Vienna. The former artillery school, converted into quarters for refugees in 1955, has facilities for 1,400 asylum seekers. Currently there are well over 4,000 people living in the complex, including many unaccompanied minors from Afghanistan. Farzona, 32, and her husband, Hanan, 37. (Kim Traill) Ilyaz, a Hazara from Bamiyan in Afghanistan, has been sitting outside the Traiskirchen centre for the past three days, along with fellow Afghans, Farzona, 32, and her husband, Hanan, 37. "We missed the bus to other accommodation because we didn't understand the document they gave us," Ilyaz, 20, tells me. "We don't know what to do now. We go to the police station and they say to go to the camp. "Here they say it's full and we need to go to Vienna. When we went to Vienna they said there is no place, go back to the camp. "There is nothing to eat, nothing to drink, no place to go to the toilet. "We have no money and no place to sleep. And no-one is helping us. "It's cold, one of our group has a 10-month old baby who is sick and no-one will help us." Before missing their transfer, Ilyaz, Farzona and Hanan had slept in the camp for five days. "It's very crowded inside," Ilyaz said. Journalists are rarely, if ever, allowed into the camp. "I slept in a small room with nine other people. We had to wait over an hour every time we wanted food. And if you want to get new clothes you have to wait for three or four days," she said. It has been "more than a month" since Farzona and Hanan fled their home in the Afghan capital. Farzona, 32, is from Afghanistan. (Kim Traill) "The war is still going on, the Taliban are everywhere," Farzona tells me, trying, unsuccessfully, to choke back tears. "They took our fingerprints now so we can't go to another country, but they haven't given us a place to stay," she said. "Certainly if our homeland was safe, we never would have come here to sleep on the street," she declared. Austria's Interior Ministry has confirmed that about 2,500 people have applied for asylum in the country each week during October. And about 9,000 people registered for asylum in each of the months July, August and September, bringing the year's total so far to over 65,000. Well over 100,000 asylum seekers have crossed Austria's southern border with Slovenia in the past fortnight, an average of 9,000 daily. Of these, about 8,000 have travelled on to Bavaria in Germany, each day. Asylum seekers from the Hazara region of Afghanistan wait for assistance outside the police station in the Austrian town of Traiskirchen. (Kim Traill) Austria's foreign minister, Sebastian Kurz, has called for a strengthening of controls on the perimeters of the European Union. "I grew up in a Europe with open borders within the union," Mr Kurz, 29, said in an interview with the Austrian national broadcaster, ORF, on Friday night. "The basis of this is that the outer borders of Europe are functioning. But I can already prophesize that if we can't secure the outer borders, then we will be rebuilding borders within Europe." Just last week, Berlin levelled sharp criticism at Austria for transporting asylum seekers directly from the Slovenian border to Germany. Austrian authorities have responded by setting up heated tents at three border crossing points to provide emergency shelter for up to 3,000 asylum seekers daily. Charities are scrambling to organise further accommodation in abandoned warehouses, vacant hotels and former worker's dormitories. Asylum seekers, many of them unaccompanied minors from Afghanistan, learn how to make mosaics in an industrial hall near the refugee camp in Traiskirchen. (Kim Triall) Every Friday, a group of volunteers runs a variety of activities for Traiskirchen's unaccompanied minors in a former tyre factory. From table football to woodwork, crafts to chess, dancing and games, the initiative is proving a huge hit with the mainly Afghan teens. Gus Scott, an artist from New Zealand, has been involved with the project for the past two months. Together with his Austrian wife, Lou Moser, Mr Scott has been teaching the young men the art of mosaic making. "They need stuff, so we thought we'll go out and give them shoes, clothes and things like that," he said. "Then we thought, maybe we could try doing this? They loved doing it, so we've kept on with it." Buoyed by the young men's enthusiasm, Mr Scott is now preparing a major communal mosaic with the theme of promoting peace. "We are planning to have an auction of their works so we can raise money to help them. They're very keen on that idea," Mr Scott said. New Zealander Gus Scott has been teaching unaccompanied minors seeking asylum how to make mosaics in Traiskirchen. (Kim Traill) CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) Europe has done very little to prepare for a reprise of mass refugee flows Back in 2016 the EU paid Turkey €6 billion to keep refugees in camps there instead of letting them cross over to Europe That deal was supposed to buy EU leaders time until they could figure out a more sensible and permanent solution but I do know that the conditions for political compromise get worse by the day even as the chance of a new refugee crisis is growing The rest of this article is premium content at Spectator.skSubscribe now for full access Immediate access to all locked articles (premium content) on Spectator.sk Special weekly news summary + an audio recording with a weekly news summary to listen to at your convenience (received on a weekly basis directly to your e-mail) PDF version of the latest issue of our newspaper Access to all premium content on Sme.sk and Korzar.sk SLOVAKIA will take over caring for 500 migrants currently staying in the crammed Traiskirchen camp south of Vienna The APA agency quoted Austrian Interior Ministry spokesman Hermann Muhr said negotiation were underway for a while but an agreement was achieved in July 9 evening during a phone call of Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner with her Slovak counterpart it is sure that the cooperation will include only the logistic care of the migrants form Traiskirchen while the asylum processing will still be led by Austrian authorities The first 50 asylum seekers are to arrive to Slovakia in July with 200 more following in August and the remaining 250 in September It is not clear so far which side will cover the expenses that Slovakia will get no reciprocal services for this step It is a small step but an important sign of solidarity More details about the agreement to be signed in the next days will be published after a “coordination” meeting within the informal session of European Union’s interior ministers in Luxembourg on July 9 focused on re-dividing migrants among member states Raoul Haspel, a visual artist, said that all proceeds from "Schweigeminute" ("Minute's silence") will go to help Austria's massively overcrowded Traiskirchen refugee centre south of Vienna. "It seems like I have found the right words for this situation, which is no words at all," the 35-year-old said, aiming to highlight "the incredible failure of the Austrian government and of European policy." "My personal short-term goal is that tonight in Traiskirchen... people don't have to sleep in wet beds without shelter with their kids having not enough food, water, warm jackets or toilet paper," he said. "This is unworthy of our European idea and our self-understanding as human beings." Pre-orders put the track, costing 99 euro cents and set for release later this month, was number one ahead of "Sugar" by Robin Schulz, the iTunes Austria website showed. The track comprising 60 seconds of total silence was also available to download via Amazon and the Google Play Store. Several radio stations in Austria and also Germany have even played the track or part of it. Traiskirchen, wealthy Austria's main refugee processing centre, has been sharply criticised, with the UN refugee agency calling conditions there "intolerable, dangerous and inhumane." Built to house 1,800 people, the camp and an adjacent building are currently home to 4,000 men, women and children. Of these, around 1,500 do not have a bed, with many children sleeping in tents outside the camp, in parks or the local train station. Rights group Amnesty International, which visited Traiskirchen in early August, said sanitary conditions were "unacceptable", with toilets blocked and communal mixed showers where women had no privacy. The Austrian federal government has acknowledged the crisis at Traiskirchen, but accuses the individual Austrian states of dragging their feet in providing extra housing. 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BusinessRun fired at the Coque at 7 pm Share this with instagramShare this with facebookShare this with linkedinSections 3278 Asylwerber wurden im vergangenen Jahr abgeschoben Aber fast alle wegen eines negativen Asyl-Bescheids und nur eine Handvoll In den meisten Fällen werden Straftäter in ihren Herkunftsländern nicht zurückgenommen THE SLOVAK government remains reluctant to take in refugees within the proposed European schemes and has recently conceded to accept 100 people from Syria under the condition they are Christians but has agreed to provide temporary shelter for migrants that have already arrived in Austria some 500 refugees seeking asylum in Austria will stay in Slovakia temporarily until their asylum process is finished and they will either move back to Austria or be deported from the EU where the refugees are to stay in a reopened refugee camp express concern about terrorism targeting the local hydroelectric dam and initiated a referendum on whether they want refugees within the confines of their village human rights watchdogs have expressed concern for the conditions asylum-seekers will live in Interior Minister Robert Kaliňák and his Austrian counterpart signed the memorandum of understanding in Vienna on July 21 Slovakia will house 500 asylum-seekers from Austria in its facility for refugees in Gabčíkovo The people will be transferred back to Austria as soon as their asylum proceeding is wrapped up Even though Slovakia refused the compulsory quotas of migrants that some countries have been promoting in Brussels “we do perceive the issue of the influx of migrants very sensitively” “Slovakia has received great support from Austria’s side in the past that is why we decided to help out in this way.” Austria has already registered over 70,000 asylum requests since the start of this year The arrangement is such that Slovakia will pay for the accommodation and food for the migrants while the Austrians will continue paying the costs of the health care belonging to the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava which has a contract for it with the Interior Ministry had been used as a refugee camp for 15 years but in the last six years it has not served this purpose The reopening of Gabčíkovo refugee camp has been mentioned in the early reports on the deal between the two countries notably a report in the Der Standard daily of Austria which pointed out some of the facility’s shortfalls took several days to confirm Gabčíkovo facility will house the asylum-seekers tension built up among the Slovak public and especially among the citizens of Gabčíkovo The municipality announced a referendum to ask the citizens whether they did or did not agree with the refugees to be housed in Gabčíkovo In the statement approved by the municipal council on July 8 the mayor and the councillors speaking in the name of the citizens of Gabčíkovo distanced themselves from the government’s plans to take in the refugees and house them in Gabčíkovo They also state that neither the local authorities nor the citizens were informed about the government’s plans “In the interest of security and peace of mind of our citizens the municipality will use all the available means against establishing the facility in question – a refugee camp,” the statement reads The Gabčíkovo authorities claim they are not indifferent to the fate of the refugees but defend their position saying that it is hard to tell what problems and duties the refugee camp will mean to the village and “it would be almost impossible for us to tell who is an actual refugee and who of those come to our country with various other The statement also mentions the water dam in Gabčíkovo as an important energy source which they believe could be put at risk if refugees are let in the village The Gabčíkovo municipal office confirmed for The Slovak Spectator that they were preparing for the referendum even as the result is unlikely to have any effect on the situation The facility does not belong to the municipality There are also concerns from the Austrian side Though the 500 refugees is a small number compared to the tens of thousands of asylum-seekers Austria is currently dealing with the deal between Slovakia and Austria angered some Austrian human rights watchdogs especially following the Der Standard report The head of the local branch of Amnesty International said he felt “disgusted horror” about it namely about Mikl-Leitner saying that it is a cheaper solution It is as if the government was putting the refugees in a luggage storage calling it “pathetic and grotesque” Austria could accommodate all refugees in dignified conditions The Slovak branch of Amnesty International (AIS) does agree with the claim that it is the responsibility of every country to make sure the conditions in the asylum proceeding fulfil international human rights standards the organisation’s campaign coordinator Bernátová stressed that the deal between Slovakia and Austria has nothing to do with the resettlement scheme proposed by the European Commission “If some countries refuse this programme they should adjust their national resettlement schemes in order to share the responsibility and show solidarity with the current humanitarian crisis which is the worst since the end of World War II,” Bernátová said and added that the AIS calls on the Slovak authorities to “open safe and legal ways to Slovakia” At the July 20 meeting of interior ministers in Brussels regarding the relocation of 40,000 refugees currently staying in Italy and Greece Slovakia confirmed it was willing to accept 100 refugees from Syria seeking asylum in Europe “We will try to integrate them in cooperation with charity organisations and after successful integration they will stay to live in Slovakia,” the ministry wrote in the press statement the government has all along reiterated that only Christian Syrian refugees will be selected Die Badner Bahn transportiert täglich mehr als 30.000 Menschen von den Vororten nach Wien 30 km vor Wien und bringt die Fahrgäste bis vor die Staatsoper ins Zentrum der Hauptstadt und natürlich auch retour Wie alle Lokalbahnen ist auch die Hauptaufgabe der Badner Bahn, Menschen von den Vororten in die Hauptstadt zu bringen. Der Zusatz: Neben Pendlern, die täglich zur und von der Arbeit fahren, transportiert die Badner Bahn täglich Shoppingfans in die Shopping City Süd in Vösendorf Erbaut wurde die Strecke der Badner Bahn bereits 1886 wichtigstes Kriterium war bereits damals die Erschließung der Vororte was zu erheblichen Verkehrsbehinderungen und Stauzunahmen geführt hätte.  Die neuen und hochmodernen Züge der Badner Bahn bringen einige wesentliche Verbesserungen: Barrierefreiheit Klimatisierung und eine größere Anzahl an Sitzplätzen Großzügige und multifunktional gestaltete Einstiegsbereiche doppeltverglaste Fenster zum Schutz vor Sommerhitz und zur Speicherung von Wärme im Winter ergänzen gemeinsam mit gratis WLAN Steckdosen und USB-Lademöglichkeiten das Angebot für die Fahrgäste Baden bei Wien (Baden Josefsplatz) ⇔ Wien Oper Wichtige Stationen: Resselgasse (Karlsplatz) - Bahnhof Meidling - Vösendorf SCS - Maria Enzersdorf Südstadt - Baden Landesklinikum Wie der Name schon verrät, startet die Bahn in Baden. Die 27,2 km lange Strecke verläuft im Anschluss über die wichtigsten Knotenpunkte, wie Traiskirchen, Guntramsdorf, Wiener Neudorf, Vösendorf, bis zur Endstation, der Wiener Staatsoper Insgesamt sind es 37 Bahnhöfe und Haltestellen an denen die Fahrgäste eingesammelt werden ► ins Casino Baden ► auf einen Tagesausflug nach Baden ► in den Kurpark Baden Fahrplan Baden Josefsplatz – Wien Quartier Belvedere Montag – Freitag: 4:45 – 23:15 Uhr Takt: 15 Minuten Samstag: 4:45 – 23:45 Uhr Intervall: alle 15 Min.  Sonn- und Feiertag: 5:00 – 0:15 Uhr Intervall: Bis 5:30 jede halbe Stunde Fahrplan Wien Quartier Belvedere – Baden Montag – Freitag: 5:37 – 0:25 Uhr Intervall: 15 bzw Samstag: 5:37 – 0:25 Intervall: alle 15 Min Sonn- und Feiertag: 5:37 – 0:25 Uhr Intervall: alle 15 Min » Den gesamten Fahrplan finden Sie hier (gültig ab 2 Juni 2016 wurde die altbekannte Zonenregelung für die Wiener Regionalbahnen (auch die Badner Bahn) abgeschafft und durch ein neues Tarifsystem ersetzt Innerhalb der Kernzone Wien (Oper bis Vösendorf-Siebenhirten) zahlen Sie weiterhin einen Einzelticket-Fixpreis von 2,40 Euro ACHTUNG: Wer ein Kernzonen-Ticket (zB Jahreskarte) der Wiener Linien, das Klimaticket o. Ä. besitzt, muss den Fixpreis bis zur Kernzonengrenze nicht zahlen. Wählen Sie einfach beim Ticketkauf "ab / bis Kernzonengrenze". Fahren Sie etwa in die Shopping City Süd Wien Quartier Belvedere - Baden Josefsplatz Wien Quartier Belvedere - Baden Landesklinikum Ausführlich erklärt wird das neue Tarifsystem in diesem Video:  Um als den Preis für Ihre individuelle Strecke zu erfahren geben Sie auf der Seite von VOR einfach Start und Ziel ein und wählen Sie die gewünschte Gültigkeitsdauer des Tickets Es werden sowohl Einzelfahrscheine als auch Zeittickets (Tages-, Wochen- Monats- und Jahreskarten) angeboten.  Für die Strecke von der Endstation Baden Josefsplatz bis nach Vösendorf-Siebenhirten (erste Station Kernzone Wien) zahlen Sie beispielsweise EUR 4,10 Alle genauen Preise und Vergünstigungen für Kinder, Senioren und Menschen mit Behinderung finden Sie hier. Tipp: Mit der SCS VIP-Card (früher World-of-SCS-Card) können Sie plus 2 Personen zwischen den Stationen Vösendorf-Siebenhirten und Vösendorf SCS kostenlos fahren In der Kernzone Wien bieten die Wiener Lokalbahnen Ermäßigungen an ► Zu den Einzelfahrscheinen für die Kernzone Wien Wie bei den Einzelfahrten zahlen Sie für die Kernzone Wien einen fixen Preis Wochen- oder Monatskarte für die Badner Bahn errechnet sich nach der Länge der Strecke Bei den Preisen für eine Jahreskarte gilt zu bedenken ab wann sich die Ausgaben wieder amortisieren Falls Sie eine Karte der Wiener Linien für die Kernzone 100 besitzen können Sie damit bis zur Haltestelle Vösendorf-Siebenhirten mit der Badner Bahn ohne Aufpreis fahren Zeitkarten für die Kernzone Wien erhalten Sie bequem online im Wiener-Linien-Ticketshop oder im Online-Ticketshop der Wiener Lokalbahnen Außerdem bieten die Wiener Lokalbahnen bei den Tickets Ermäßigungen an » Wiener Linien » Busfahrplan Wien » Fahrplan Westbahn Richtung Josefsplatz:Ich gehe vor der badnerbahn über den Zebrastreifen Wie passt das in ihre Kundenpolitik?MfgGottfried Bacher Ich habe die ÖBB Seniorenkarte.Ist es samstags und sonntags möglich am Josefsplatz ein Ticket Richtung Wien Oper zu lösen Mit der ÖBB Vorteilscard erhalten Sie vergünstigte Fahrpreise mit der ÖBB Österreichcard fahren Sie mit der Badner Bahn kostenlos.Beste Grüße aus der Redaktion Gilt der ÖBB Ausweis auf der Badner Bahn als Fahrausweis Der Bahn kommt in den letzten Zeit(also 2 Monate) sehr oft verspätet Gilt das 1-2-3 Klimaticket auch für die Badener Bahn von der Oper bis Baden Bitte um Nachricht auch auf peter@rebernik,at Betrifft Ticket-Automaten: Wieso ist es unmöglich ein Einheitliche's System im Verbund zu haben Vielmehr ein Zentrales-Automaten-Ticket-System in Ganz Österreich Diese Willkür von unterschiedlichen Systemen ist Blödsinn und nicht nachvollziehbar Ticket Baden Josefsplatz - Wien Oper ist 5,80 € Wie ist die preise fur senioren und kinder 3 jahre alt ?Danke,Daniel Gültigkeitsbereich Kernzone unverständlich Leider keine Info über die Haltestellen und die Dauer der fahrt Ich bin vor eine Woche nach SCS gefahren und wusste nicht dass ab 6.Juni 2016 soll man für 1.70 Euro Ticket kaufen Ich habe Jahreskarte und finde nicht richtig dass man eine Strafe von 100 Euro zahlen soll wenn man kein Ticket von 1,70 Euro hat.....weil sowieso bis vorherige Station Vösendorf-Siebenhirten braucht man kein weiters Ticket (Das hat mir die Kontrolle gesagt) dass man bestraft werden soll,aber warum 100 Euro??? Möchte mit der Badner Bahn ab Oper Richtung Wiener Neudorf und dort aussteigen Ich stecke also eine der VVK in den Entwerter muss man dann einen neuen VVK-Schein entwerten wenn man weiter als bis zu Shopping City fährt Ich komme aus OÖ und kenne mich nicht so ganz genau aus!Bitte um Hilfe und genaue Instruktionen!Danke!G Ich finde es in keiner Weise kundenfreundlich dass es keine Vorverkaufsfahrscheine für die Aussenregionen mehr gibt.Für ältere Personen ziemlich problematisch in Zeiten wie diesen für ältere Personen welche sich anhalten müssen und nebenbei Tasche halten - Geld bereit halten und sich mit dem Automaten auseinander setzen.Unmögliche Situation . wenn diese Leute keine Hilfe von anderen Personen bekommen ... können sie womöglich bei Kontrolle Strafe zahlen.An alte Menschen denkt hier wohl niemand Mich würde interessieren:Wenn ich irgendwo in Wien (anscheinend "Kernzone 100 - wer denkt sich solch bescheuerte Definitionen aus was das bedeuten soll...) bin:Ich steige in eine Straßenbahn ein und will nach Baden.Was genau kaufe ich am Automaten in der Straßenbahn für ein Ticket Wie viele Kilometer des blauen Stoffes gibt es noch Es gibt glaube ich nichts unhygienischeres als diesen Stoff Die alten Garnituren sind in einem teilweise erbärmlichen Zustand Sie können den Streckenplan ganz einfach als Grafik ausdrucken.Beste GrüßeRedaktion stadt-wien.at Gibt es einen ausdruckbaren Streckenfahrplan wieviel zonen von der stadtgrenze sind bis baden man kann es nicht ersehen und wie lange geht die Fahrt von der Oper zum Josephplatz Lange gesucht ohne Erfolg - ich fand ebenso nicht die Fahrdauer von Wien nach Baden.Bitte nehmt die Anmerkung auf.Vielen Dank,Do Laura Heneis Ich konnte auf den Webseiten nirgends die Dauer der Fahrt von Wien-Oper bis Baden Endstation finden???M Ich will fas alles auch poter handy also per sms zahlen können weil meist diye automaten nicht in der bahn funktionieren.Also bitte sagt mir welche app ich herunterladen muss um von baden bis nach wien mit bus und bahn eine fahrkarte per sms kaufen kann.Lg SW Medienservice GmbH Weißgerberlände 38, 1030 Wien kontakt(at)ganz-wien.at ► Folge uns auf Facebook ► Folge uns auf Instagram Impressum Datenschutz Werben auf ganz-wien.at gehört nicht zum offiziellen Internetauftritt der Stadtverwaltung Wien © 2025 SW Medienservice GmbH - Alle Rechte vorbehalten.