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Failed asylum-seekers set fire to cell in Vienna

New border patrol police unit called Puma takes part in the exercise “ProBorders” at the Spielfeld border crossing in Austria on June 26, 2018. Photo: Rene Gomolj/AFP.
Six failed asylum-seekers set fire to their detention centre cell in Vienna overnight and had to be hospitalised, Austrian police said Saturday.
Asylum claims filed by the five Afghans and one Iranian man had been rejected and they were awaiting deportation.
Police initially spoke of a collective suicide attempt but later downplayed that premise.
“We think the men wanted to highlight their unhappiness,” police spokesman Harald Soros told AFP.
The men had composed a letter which said they had no prospects for the future and mentioned dates two had been given for deportation.