Gerhard Karner – Eye on Islamism

UN worried about deported terrorist but not the victims Progressive liberal NGOs pushed the agenda to the UN where the newest episode of liberal hypocrisy about deportations is taking place.

August 8, 2025 Zolta Győri

(European Conservative) The United Nations has taken the scandalous step of intervening in Austria’s deportation of a convicted terrorist while maintaining noticeable silence on the broader crisis of migrant-related crime affecting communities across the continent. The case involves a Syrian national who […]

Germany and EU allies push for asylum crackdown and more deportations

July 18, 2025 Jörn Poltz and Riham Alkousaa

(Reuters) Germany’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and five European counterparts agreed on a set of goals on Friday to tighten asylum rules in the bloc, including allowing deportations to Afghanistan and Syria. The meeting at Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze, follows Berlin’s […]

Austria deports first Syrian since civil war, says more will follow

July 3, 2025 Francois Murphy

(Reuters) Austria’s conservative-led government said on Thursday it had carried out its first deportation of a Syrian back to their home country in almost 15 years, making it the first European Union country to do so since the outbreak of Syria’s civil […]

‘We’re all afraid’: Austria moves to deport Syrian refugees

March 5, 2025 Julia Zappei

(AFP) Syrian refugee Khaled Alnomman said he made a big effort to integrate since he fled to Austria 10 years ago, learning to speak German fluently, getting a job as a bricklayer and applying for citizenship. The youngest of his four children […]

Suspect in fatal stabbing in Austria had an ‘Islamic terror motive,’ officials say

February 16, 2025 Stephanie Liechtenstein

(AP) Austrian authorities said Sunday the stabbing of six people that left a 14-year-old boy dead was carried out by a man with possible connections to the Islamic State group who appeared to have acted alone. The suspect, a 23-year-old Syrian, was […]

Austria unsure when deportations to Syria might start

December 12, 2024 Francois Murphy and John O'Donnell

(Reuters) Austria’s potential forced deportation of Syrian refugees back to their changed homeland can only occur when it is safe, Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg told Reuters, adding that it was impossible to predict timings. Schallenberg was clarifying his government’s position after conservative […]

Europe’s Syrians shaken by debate over repatriation to their war-ravaged homeland For many Syrian refugees in Europe, joy at the fall of Assad has been tempered by immediate calls for them to go home.

December 12, 2024 Nette Nöstlinger

(Politico) When Osama Sabsabi learned that opposition forces had captured the city of Homs, where he grew up, he did something that would have been unthinkable just days earlier: He booked a ticket home. “We, the Syrian people, are experiencing an indescribable […]

European countries suspend Syrian asylum decisions after Assad’s fall

December 9, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Britain, Germany, France, Italy and several other European countries said Monday they would freeze all pending asylum requests from Syrians, a day after the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad. While Berlin and other governments said they were watching the fast-moving developments […]

Austria carries out raids against 72 alleged Islamic extremists ahead of 9/11 anniversary

September 12, 2024 Unlisted Author

(AP) Austrian security forces carried out raids against 72 alleged Islamic extremists this week ahead of the [23rd] anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States, citing the potential for copycat violence on the date of the plane hijackings that killed […]

Shooting at Israel’s Munich consulate seen as attempted terror attack

September 5, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) The deadly shooting near the Israeli consulate in Munich was an attempted terrorist attack, police and the public prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. The incident saw an 18-year-old Austrian shot dead by police after opening fire on five officers in the […]

How the Taylor Swift teenage ISIS plotters slipped through Vienna’s security cracks Rise of extremist youths linked to bomb plot tests Austria's tough anti-terrorism policies

August 23, 2024 Tim Stickings

(National-UAE) When a phone rings at a former screw factory in Vienna’s old Jewish quarter, it could be a confused teenager, a hapless teacher — or a chance to stop a terrorist. Austria’s extremism hotline fields hundreds of calls a year from […]

Third arrest over terrorist threat to Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts

August 9, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) The Austrian authorities have detained a third person, an 18-year-old man from Iraq, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said on Friday following the cancellation of Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna due to a terrorist plot. The suspect had sworn allegiance to the […]

Suspect aimed to kill ‘large’ crowd of people at Swift show in Vienna

August 8, 2024 Unlisted Author

(DPA) A 19-year-old man who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group has confessed to plotting an attack on the Vienna leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, Austrian security authorities said on Thursday. He had wanted to use home-made bombs […]

A fourteen-year-old girl originally from Montenegro was arrested for planning a terrorist attack in Austria Evidence was also found of activity on chat forums where the girl was sending photos of weapons she owns to 'like-minded people.' The plan was for her attack to be directed against 'infidels'

May 18, 2024 Unlisted Author

(Vijesti) A 14-year-old citizen of Montenegro planned a terrorist attack on Jakominiplatz in the Austrian city of Graz, writes the Kleine Zeitung. After searching her house, the police found a knife and an ax and Islamic State propaganda material. The 14-year-old pleaded […]

Austria wants to tap Islamists’ messenger apps amid Europe terrorism fears Germany and Austria arrest a group of people from Tajikistan over warnings of a New Year's Eve attack

December 27, 2023 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Austria’s interior minister is calling for the security services to be given access to suspects’ messenger apps in an attempt to thwart terrorist attacks. [This] comes after five people from Tajikistan were arrested in Austria and Germany with European nations on […]

Warning of ‘increased risk’ of ISIS terror attacks across Europe on New Year’s Eve Experts say terror group remains a 'serious threat' as arrests made in Spain, Austria, France and Germany

December 26, 2023 Nicky Harley

(National-UAE) Security services across Europe have uncovered an ISIS plot to use explosives to target churches. Counter-terrorism experts say the group remains a “serious threat” and is taking advantage of the conflict in Gaza to motivate its supporters. Over the Christmas period, […]

Austria arrests 16-year-old on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack The teenager was allegedly planning an attack against a synagogue in Vienna, authorities have said.

December 11, 2023 Unlisted Author

(Local) Austrian authorities have arrested a 16-year-old boy from Upper Austria on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack against a synagogue in Vienna. The arrest was made last Thursday, December 7th, and the teenager is in custody. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) […]

Europe struggles to make progress in migration quagmire

March 9, 2023 Raf Casert

(AP) Europe continued its decade-old struggle Thursday to devise a migration system that would both better protect its extensive borders and avoid tragedies like last month’s shipwreck off Italy, which killed at least 70 migrants. Interior ministers from the European Union’s 27 […]

Austria, Hungary equipping Serbia to curb border crossings

October 6, 2022 Jovana Gec

(AP) Austria and Hungary will help Serbia curb migrant crossings at its southern border, Hungary’s foreign minister said Thursday, citing an “explosion” in the number of people entering European countries without authorization in recent months. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said Hungary […]

Austria to launch checks at Slovak border to stop migrants

September 28, 2022 Kirsten Grieshaber

(AP) Austria announced Wednesday that it will start checking travel documents at its border with Slovakia following a similar decision by the Czech Republic to keep migrants from entering without authorization. The checks were set to start at midnight Wednesday and initially […]

Mother of Islamic extremist runs over elite unit cops during arrest

August 2, 2022 Chris Tomlinson

(Breitbart) Two members of Austria’s elite Cobra police unit were injured Saturday after the mother of a wanted Islamic extremist hit them with her vehicle as officers were trying to arrest her son. The incident took place on Saturday in the town […]

Bomb threats reported across Austria as Islamist hate preacher trial begins

June 28, 2022 Chris Tomlinson

(Breitbart) A total of five bomb threats were reported targeting several cities across Austria on Monday as the trial for an Islamic hate preacher began in Vienna, with claims the threats were the actions of a jihadi cell. The bomb threats, which […]

Syrian migrant suspected of raping 15-year-old Ukrainian refugee girl

May 17, 2022 Chris Tomlinson

(Breitbart) A 19-year-old Syrian migrant has been accused of rape by a 15-year-old Ukrainian refugee girl but has not been kept in custody, in what some are claiming is a scandal. The alleged rape took place in the late evening last Wednesday […]

Austria police smash int’l ring smuggling Syrians

May 12, 2022 Unlisted Author

(AFP) Police have smashed a group believed to have smuggled tens of thousands of Syrians with two of them found suffocated in a van last year, Austria’s interior ministry announced on Thursday. A total of 205 people suspected to be linked to […]

Bern and Vienna vow to boost cooperation on migrants and terrorism

February 1, 2022 Unlisted Author

(Swiss Info) Switzerland and Austria want to strengthen cooperation on migration and security, they said on Tuesday. This came at a meeting in Vienna between Swiss Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter and her new Austrian counterpart Gerhard Karner. Their talks focused on European […]