Austria has a long history with Islam, and while they are also very culturally similar and liberal-minded like their German neighbor, they also have memories that German does not, such as of the attempted Ottoman Turkish invasion on September 11th, 1683. While the Austrians are very open people, they have signs all over the city pointing out not just where different events happened during the Siege of 1683, but also marking bullets and cannonballs still lodged in the city’s ancient walls.
It seems that Austria’s generosity has finally reached its limits. In a recent report, Austria says it will not start deporting “refugees” and even pay them $500 Euros ($542) to do so. The goal? 50,000 deportations, Via Zero Hedge and Reuters UK:
Austria and neighbouring Germany threw open their borders in September to hundreds of thousands of people who poured into Europe, many of them fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Despite an initial outpouring of sympathy for the migrants, public concern about the influx have fuelled a rise in support for the far right in Austria, and opposition to the coalition government of Social Democrats and conservatives has grown.
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Now the government has decided to carry out at least 50,000 deportations in the same period, according to a summary of an agreement between the interior, defence and integration ministries published on Sunday.
It will also offer up to 500 euros ($542) to migrants whose asylum applications have been turned down if they agree to be deported, the summary said.
“We are already among the countries with the most deportations,” Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner said in a statement. “But we will increase the rate further.”
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