The city of Pirmasens will, in coordination with provincial government, stop influx of recognised refugees without a job or training place. To this end, a decree was prepared for all foreigners ' authorities in country, Rhineland-Palatinate Integration Minister Anne Spiegel (Greens) shared with Mainz. "We are ready to help Pirmasens in short term, because re is a special situation re," minister said.

In fact, Pirmasens only has to accommodate 0.99 percent of refugees nationwide to be distributed – but in fact 2.23 percent of refugees live re. The reason for this is rents, which are significantly lower in structurally weak West Palatinate has than in or regions of state.

A lock is not a panacea, minister said. "It is also clear that city of Pirmasens has to face or socio-political challenges, not only since numbers of refugees have gone up." Pirmasens has been highest unemployment rate in Rhineland-Palatinate for many years and has lost a third of its population over past few decades. The city refore already made it clear last year in a resolution decided by town council that municipality already has considerable social burdens. The disproportionately high influx of recognised refugees refore demands integration power of city.

Overtaxed schools and kindergartens

Lord Mayor Bernhard Mais (CDU) had previously expressed doubts about fact that all involved in Pirmasens can be integrated: "Who accepts, integration process could be decided by green table, rationalise, organize business economically Or ideologically, which is subject to a fatal error. " According to SWR, Mais presented a list of problems that city has to contend with: "Not enough language courses, long waiting times for refugees, overtaxed kindergartens and schools, when children from sometimes 18 nations are represented in a group", were Examples. Mais also said: Anyone who overloads existing systems puts at risk noble goals of humanity and diversity that are repeatedly proclaimed in Sunday speeches and jeopardises acceptance of those who fight on ground for inclusion and integration of each individual.

Integration Minister Spiegel said, be a special case in country: "Only for Pirmasens are migratory movements into city so significant", Spiegel said after a conversation by experts of Ministry with local top associations. A general residence requirement, as demanded by local top associations, rejected minister in view of declining numbers of refugees and bureaucratic effort.

In Pirmasens, additions last year, according to city, amounted to 678; Of se, 565 came from or municipalities to Pirmasens. A total of 1,309 refugees are currently living in Pirmasens, with 235 asylum seekers assigned to m who cannot freely choose ir whereabouts. The main origin are Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia. Around 42,000 people live in Pirmasens.

Or cities also want to suspend immigration

Freiberg also aspires to a lock in Saxony. Because city sees its capacity limit in integration of Refugees, Council decided at beginning of February to submit a request to competent authorities in Saxony. Freiberg does not want to take refugee for four years. "The target stop is no to refugees, but a no to asylum policy of district," said Mayor Sven Krüger (SPD) at Council meeting.

In Freiberg, largest city in middle-gear, about 2,000 refugees and asylum seekers live. According to mayor, this corresponds to five percent of population and at same time approximately 70 percent of asylum seekers in district of Central Saxony.

Already last year, Ministry of Interior in Lower Saxony had issued a ban on recognition of approved refugees for Salzgitter, Delmenhorst and Wilhelmshaven. In mid-January, Brandenburg's interior Minister Karl-Heinz Schröter (SPD) stopped influx of refugees into city after two knife attacks by under-age refugees in Cottbus.

Date Of Update: 01 March 2018, 12:03