There will be a state of emergency again at Burgenland's borders in 2022, just like in 2015. You could get this impression if you look at a video that is currently making the rounds on WhatsApp, but is also being spread on social media. The video itself can be seen on a screen that was filmed with a smartphone. A voice says: “You won’t see that on ORF. The police also prevent such recordings. We’re just being ripped off – but really.”

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Screenshot from September 13th, 2022 on WhatsApp

The video is making the rounds on WhatsApp, but also on Facebook, among others. You can also hear, among other things, that this was only recorded “YESTERDAY” and that these people only come to get the 500 EUR climate bonus, as you can also read here with this status amount (sic!):

“There’s a €500 climate bonus coming in! And people who have paid into the system all their lives are “staggered”……very sad.
You’re absolutely right, the Super ORF doesn’t show something like that
. If you post or tell the truth somewhere, you’ll be banned or even punished ….and that is “freedom of expression”
Well, a welfare state”

Screenshot from September 2022 on Facebook "There's a €500 climate bonus! And people who have paid into the system throughout their lives are "staggered"......very sad. You're absolutely right, the Super ORF doesn't show something like that. If you have the truth somewhere If you post or say, you will be blocked or even punished... and that is "freedom of expression" Well, a welfare state" The video was made in Burgenland in 2015
Screenshot from September 2022 on Facebook

Fact check

We watched the video a few times, took stills and various screenshots, and found the location where the video was recorded. The video itself was filmed from a car and shows a number of refugees traveling along a Burgenland country road not far from the Nickelsdorf border crossing.

This is the “B10” in Burgenland (Austria) near the border in Nickelsdorf. We know similar videos and pictures from 2015 and now we have researched further in this direction and found what we were looking for via Google Maps HERE !

Burgenland in 2015 and not 2022

The video actually came from 2015 and was also posted on Facebook September 11, 2015 Based on the screenshot of the current video you can see that this video is identical.

Left: WhatsApp 2022 / Right: Facebook 2015

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Left: WhatsApp 2022
Right: Facebook 2015

Or here is further proof with another still image that this video is identical to the one from 2015
Left: WhatsApp 2022 / Right: Facebook 2015

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Left: WhatsApp 2022
Right: Facebook 2015

Not only we, but also the fact checkers from “Profil Faktiv” came to this conclusion. Under the title “FPÖ Fake: Seven-year-old video is said to show new “asylum chaos”” we clearly read that the claim that the video published by the FPÖ shows current “asylum chaos” is clearly false and a is a clear example of “fake news”. The complete content can be read HERE.

Conclusion

The video was not from 2022, but from 2015. The images are not from “yesterday”, as mentioned in the video, and these people do not immediately receive a climate bonus that is currently being awarded in Austria. Yes, it is the case that asylum seekers and those entitled to asylum are also entitled to benefits, but they must meet the criterion of having their main residence in Austria for at least 183 days. We reported about this HERE .

Update: The ORF also reported on this topic and writes that the police have now started an investigation into the fake video. “Whether this is now criminally relevant is being examined. The criminalists will take care of this matter, or have already taken care of it. They will look at where the relevance lies. Above all, it’s now about verifying who is behind it and who produced this video, especially this commented video,” says Marban. ( Source )


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