Only four of Germany’s 16 regional states have places to shelter incoming refugees as the country struggles to cope with the new influx of migrants via the Balkan route.
The 12 German states that have reached the capacity to accept asylum seekers are overcrowded due to the large number of Ukrainian refugees fleeing the conflict in Russia, as well as asylum seekers from other countries. According to a spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior, they had to suspend their distribution system.
The spokesperson added that the German federal government is trying to help the Länder by providing 318 federal properties to house asylum seekers and refugees, according to the European Union-funded InfoMigrants website.
The interior of Bavaria by Joachim Herrmann. The Minister, who chaired the Conference of German Ministers of Internal Affairs, said, “Accommodation options for asylum seekers are being used more and more in Bavaria”, despite this, “Bavaria is still open at the moment”.
Complaining that the federal government should not take in any more refugees and then leave the German states to find them housing, Hermann noted that 102.7% of the asylum sites in Bavaria are currently occupied.
Frontex: Migration routes in the Balkans increased by 167% this year https://t.co/YjOg8YYSGw
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Meanwhile, Baden-Württemberg Chancellor Winfried Kretschmann said today that there are more refugees in Germany than in the 2015 migration crisis.
“We have more refugees than in the 2015 refugee crisis. The population must be prepared for the fact that we will again find ourselves in difficult situations,” Kretschmann said.
With the influx of Ukrainians seeking asylum from the conflict in Russia, Germany is seeing a 140 percent increase in illegal entries across the Czech Republic border, a record high.
According to the newspaper, migrants crossing this border mostly come from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. Develop.
Christophe de Vries, a member of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), said: “The smuggling business is back in full swing and the federal government is watching idly for now.” said.
The increase coincides with increased activity on the Balkan migration route this year, the European Union border agency Frontex said in June, saying the number of people using it illegally has increased by 167%.
Left Chancellor: Germany’s ‘borders and heart’ ‘stay open’ despite gas crisishttps://t.co/wAPJ2VQES4
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