Federal Ministry of the Interior, Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism (Bundesministerium für Inneres, Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekämpfung) (2019), Annual Report on the Protection of the Constit
Country
Austria
Title
Year
Type of publication
Geographical coverage
National
Area/location of interest
Type of Institution
Public authority
Institution
Main Thematic Focus
Hate crime
Target Population
Right-wing extremists
Key findings
In 2018, the Austrian security authorities registered 1,075 right-wing extremist, xenophobic/racist, Islamophobic, anti-Semitic and unspecific or other criminal acts. 63 percent of cases were successfully solved. The current trend indicates that the number of right-wing extremist motivated offences has increased and has lately been consistent. Movements of the New Right and neo-Nazis fuel topics such as “Islamophobia and xenophobia”, as well as “anti-asylum”, “anti-migration” and “anti-Islam” approaches. “Anti-Islam”, “anti-multiculturalism” as well as the topics of asylum and refugees can still be used as a main agitation and action focus by the right-wing extremist scene and networks.
Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)
quantitative (statistics on incidents)
qualitative (expert assessments)
Sample details and representativeness
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