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Fight against terror: Interior Minister announces new controls!
Interior Minister Karner is planning measures on messenger surveillance and family immigration to improve security and integration in Austria.
Fight against terror: Interior Minister announces new controls!
Interior Minister Gerhard Karner brings movement to the security debate in Austria! After the Islamist attack in Villach, in which an asylum seeker killed a young man and injured several others, he announced immediate “mass checks without cause”. These are primarily aimed at those entitled to asylum and asylum seekers from Syria and Afghanistan. In the last five years, over 81,000 people from these countries received asylum, making the review an urgent measure to identify and avert potential threats such as this kleinezeitung.at reported. This is particularly explosive because the suspicion of radicalization does not only apply to newcomers; Perpetrators born in Austria are also often active and are incited to commit extremist acts via the Internet.
In addition, Karner raises the possibility of monitoring messenger services, which reignites the discussion about digital privacy. He emphasizes that this is not mass surveillance - only 25 to 30 individual cases per year are said to be affected, said Karner, while pointing to the need for the police to be effectively equipped to combat terrorism. The Office for the Protection of the Constitution is currently on heightened alert with the second highest terror alert level 4 in Austria vienna.at reported.
Safe returns and new refugee laws
Karner also announced a new regulation of family reunification via a quota system with the aim of stopping reunification completely for the time being. At the same time, he is planning a quota model for a “regionally compatible immigration” in which language skills and the ability to self-sufficiency should be taken into account. He sees this as a step towards the effective integration of migrants and the stability of society. The savings in ministerial areas should not come at the expense of security projects, although Karner assures that the personnel offensive and thus the reduction in overtime will be carried out to ensure the security of the country.