No German, no benefits: new rules hurt Austria's immigrants Austria's rightward drift, expected to be confirmed in elections late this month, is already affecting immigrants in one region, where those with poor German proficiency are losing their benefits. Just ask one 63-year-old Serbian woman in the city of Linz, some 150 kilometres (100 miles) from Vienna, who has lost her housing benefits because of her language skills under rule changes in Upper Austria state.\\n IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES