‘Predicted’ Rise in Neo-Nazi Crimes in Austria Reported Amid Refugee Crisis
SputnikNews.com
03.10.2016
Reports neo-Nazi crimes have increased in Austria could have been “easily predicted” but have little chance of “becoming a mainstream movement,” expert on immigration and political attitudes told Sputnik.
Responding to offences reported in the Austrian states of Tyrol and Upper Austria, including spraying Nazi related graffiti on walls and posting glorifications of Adolf Hitler on Facebook, Dr. Sergi Pardos-Prado from Oxford University suggested an increase in support for populist parties has led to a “legitimization of radical movements.”
“Populist parties like UKIP and the AFD legitimize the small but very radical Nazi-movement and that’s when you witness the graffiti and increase in hate crime in Europe,” Dr. Pardos-Prado said.
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