German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the premiers of federal states met in Berlin on Wednesday to beat variations on migration, and the financing of the refugee operations.
Ahead of the important thing talks, Hendrik Wust, North Rhine-Westphalia’s premier, mentioned regional and native authorities want extra monetary assist from the central authorities to accommodate refugees.
“Those who decide how to manage immigration must also take financial responsibility for their decisions. The central government can no longer shift its responsibility to cities and local municipalities,” he informed native media.
Germany’s 16 federal states are demanding extra monetary assist from the central authorities amid a drastic enhance of refugees arriving within the nation.
Scholz’s authorities has up to now rejected these calls, arguing that it offered €29.8 billion ($32.8 billion) final yr from the price range for refugee operations, and also will allocate €26.6 billion ($ 29.3 billion) this yr.
Local authorities are dealing with a disaster in offering lodging and social assist for newly arrived asylum seekers, after a big refugee wave from Ukraine final yr.
More than 1 million Ukrainian refugees are at present dwelling in Germany.
Asylum purposes within the first 4 months of the yr elevated by almost 78% and reached 101,981, in accordance with official figures. Many of them had been refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bavaria’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann warned final week that the figures are more likely to enhance within the coming months and will attain 400,000 on the finish of the yr.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
