Care for refugees - Ramelow: Thuringia-wide payment card in the coming months
According to Minister President Bodo Ramelow (Left Party), a payment card for refugees is to be introduced throughout Thuringia in the near future. "I want to move away from cash to non-cash", said Thuringia's head of government on Wednesday at the meeting of the districts in Erfurt. As part of the budget compromise with the CDU parliamentary group, the introduction of a payment card in Thuringia over the next twelve months had been agreed. "We know that we can't go on like this with cash."
He had also spoken out in favor of switching to a non-cash procedure for the care of refugees at the conference of state premiers with the federal government, Ramelow said on the sidelines of the district meeting. His aim was to achieve a uniform nationwide regulation wherever possible.
How the changeover could take place in Thuringia would be examined in the near future. The experiences of the Greiz and Eichsfeld districts, which have had payment cards for several weeks, are also important for this. The district administrator of Greiz, Martina Schweinsburg(CDU), said that she wanted to extend the test to more people as soon as possible. The district administrator of the Eichsfeld district, Werner Henning (CDU), expressed a similar view.
Ramelow approached the district administrators in the highly controversial debate on the right migration policy in recent months and admitted that the red-red-green state government had made mistakes in creating accommodation for refugees in state facilities. Schweinsburg, who is also President of the Landkreistag, demanded binding and quick solutions from the state for more initial reception places in 2024 as well as 100% funding of refugee costs by the state, which the municipalities have.
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- In the context of the budget agreement, the CDU parliamentary group in Thuringia supported the introduction of a payment card for refugees, as proposed by Minister President Bodo Ramelow.
- The districts of Greiz and Eichsfeld have already implemented payment cards for refugees for several weeks, and their experiences will be crucial in determining the rollout across Thuringia.
- During the conference of state premiers with the federal government, Ramelow advocated for a nationwide, non-cash system for refugee care, aiming to achieve uniform regulations wherever possible.
- Martina Schweinsburg, the district administrator of Greiz and the President of the Landkreistag, is eager to expand the test of the payment card system to more people as soon as feasible.
Source: www.stern.de
