Report on the Protection of the Constitution 2008 shows increase on recorded incidents

Alert DateOctober 1, 2008 Country: Austria General Type: Discrimination, Institutional discrimination Racism and discrimination phenomena: Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Afrophobia, Arabophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants, Roma & Travelers, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Linguistic minorities, Majority, Asylum seekers Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Policing - law enforcement, Political discourse -parties - orgs
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Victims Nationality/Ethnic Origin N/A
Victims Gender N/A
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Fatalities - deaths N/A
Perpetrators Data
Perpetrators Nationality/Ethnic Origin N/A
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Extremist/Organised Group Violence No

According to the Verfassungsschutzbericht 2008 [Report on the Protection of the Constitution] the number of recorded racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic incidents increased by 42.9 per cent during 2007 in comparison to 2006. As in previous years the reported offences were mainly verbal attacks, smearings and damages to property.

 

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Austria/ Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung, Verfassungsschutzbericht 2008, available at: http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_Verfassungsschutz/Verfassungsschutzbericht_2008.pdf (Accessed on 2011-09-29).