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Austria refugee camp branded 'shameful' by Amnesty International | Austria refugee camp branded 'shameful' by Amnesty International |
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Human rights group Amnesty International has criticised what it calls "inhumane" conditions at Austria's main refugee camp. | Human rights group Amnesty International has criticised what it calls "inhumane" conditions at Austria's main refugee camp. |
Amnesty says around 1,500 people are sleeping in the open air at the Traiskirchen centre near Vienna. | Amnesty says around 1,500 people are sleeping in the open air at the Traiskirchen centre near Vienna. |
It describes the facility as insanitary and badly organised and says there is insufficient medical care. | It describes the facility as insanitary and badly organised and says there is insufficient medical care. |
The interior ministry said it was working to try to improve the situation at the camp. | The interior ministry said it was working to try to improve the situation at the camp. |
It said Austria was facing an "extreme situation" because of a rise in the number of people seeking asylum there. | It said Austria was facing an "extreme situation" because of a rise in the number of people seeking asylum there. |
The head of the Austrian branch of Amnesty International, Heinz Pazelt, told the BBC the conditions in Traiskirchen were "shameful", particularly in a rich country like Austria. | The head of the Austrian branch of Amnesty International, Heinz Pazelt, told the BBC the conditions in Traiskirchen were "shameful", particularly in a rich country like Austria. |
He said hundreds of unaccompanied minors were being severely neglected. | He said hundreds of unaccompanied minors were being severely neglected. |
"They are just left alone and have to survive there. They are the last ones who get to eat, and this is a really heavy human rights violation of the convention for children," he said. | "They are just left alone and have to survive there. They are the last ones who get to eat, and this is a really heavy human rights violation of the convention for children," he said. |
The Amnesty report (in German) says many of the problems could be easily dealt with if there was better cooperation between the federal government and the provincial authorities in Austria. | The Amnesty report (in German) says many of the problems could be easily dealt with if there was better cooperation between the federal government and the provincial authorities in Austria. |
The EU's statistics agency Eurostat says Austria received more than 28,000 asylum applications in 2014. In the first three months of 2015, it had received more than 10,000. | |
Syrians, Kosovans and Afghans were the three biggest groups claiming asylum in Austria in early 2015, the agency says. | Syrians, Kosovans and Afghans were the three biggest groups claiming asylum in Austria in early 2015, the agency says. |
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