The Minister of Social Affairs of Schleswig-Holstein, Aminata Touré (Greens), wants to have fewer refugee places in the country’s primary reception facilities in the future. Fewer refugees have come to Schleswig-Holstein recently, the minister told the Schleswig-Holsteinische Zeitungsverlag (SHZ, Saturday). “The figures are super low, which is a result of the border controls.”
According to the information, more than 2,000 refugees came to the north in the first three months of 2023, and in 2024 the number was only more than 1,500. Nearly all of the country’s seven initial shelters were half empty. According to the newspaper, the first recordings this week counted 8,380 places, of which 4,612 were occupied.
Touré wants to have 6,000 active places available
“We created the additional places as part of the emergency loans for Ukraine, which expire at the end of this year,” he said Green Party politician in addition. Given the budget situation, the country cannot afford to leave a large number of accommodation units vacant. Instead, according to their concept, 6,000 active places should be kept available – with a quota of several thousand inactive places, “which can be increased very quickly”. She now wants to discuss the concept with the municipalities.