Migration: Bas: support local authorities in taking in refugees
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Bas: Support municipalities in taking in refugees
Bundestag President Bärbel Bas wants to support the municipalities more. photo
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“In the municipalities, the citizens notice first when something goes wrong”: Bundestag President Bärbel Bas calls for relief for the municipalities in housing refugees.
President of the Bundestag Baerbel Bas has called for more support from municipalities in housing refugees. “There is still a great deal of solidarity among the majority of Germans. But we have to ask ourselves whether the citizens have the staying power in the long term,” the SPD politician told the newspapers of the Funke media group.
“We now have to focus on the particularly burdened ones municipalities provide more support in accommodating refugees. It’s about living space, school places and the question of how cities like my hometown Duisburg get their costs reimbursed.” It shouldn’t be the case that municipalities reallocate funds for the refugees and save on other tasks. “In the municipalities, the citizens notice first , if something goes wrong. That’s when it breaks apart.”
The municipalities are demanding a long-term strategy for taking in refugees in Germany from the federal and state governments. A federal-state summit with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) on refugee costs is scheduled for May 10.
