demonstrations that had been fraught with conflict for years such as the demonstration against the Vienna Academics Ball and the demonstration against the Fraternity Ball (“Burschenbundball”) in Linz passed as peacefully this year as the demonstration “Criticism of Vienna’s migration policy” (“Kritik an der Wiener Migrationspolitik”) in October of this year. Border controls by the Aliens Police and border police unit, PUMA, at Schattendorf border checkpoint and at Kittsee border checkpoint were assessed as excellent by the respective commission. Aliens police and border police controls While observing a road check in Gries am Brenner on 19 July 2020, the commission saw nothing to be criticised in any of the official acts. A contact meeting prior to a forced return and the forced return to Moscow itself were carried out correctly and in a highly professional manner according to the observation by a commission. Forced returns 172