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The protest of refugees going on in Vienna, which now already lasts two months. It began on November 24th, 2012, when many hundreds of refugees marched in a loud and strong demonstration from the camp in Traiskirchen to Vienna. Subsequently they constructed a self-organized, constantly growing protest camp in the Sigmund-Freud-Park in front of the Votiv Church.
Since politics and the public opinion did not react properly to the demands of the refugees, like the ones for a reasonable coverage of basic needs, the right to work and to choose freely their place of residence, the refugees searched shelter from police repression and cold weather in the Votiv Church. Even if their shelter was guaranteed by representatives of the Church, the situation stays precarious. Moreover, the police brutally tore down the camp at the end of the year 2012 even though its permission from the city council was still active.
