Hative lock in Pirmasens: City wants to better integrate refugees!
Hative lock in Pirmasens: City wants to better integrate refugees!
Rhineland-Palatinate has imposed a close lock for the city of Pirmasens, which comes into force on February 1, 2025. This decision was made on the basis of the above -average influx of refugees, which considerably burdens the local infrastructure. This reports FOCUS.de. .
pirmasens, with a population of around 40,000 inhabitants, sees themselves special challenges. According to current statistics, around 25 percent of the residents have a migration background. The high proportion of children with a migration background at the HOREB elementary school, where it is 95 percent, is particularly striking. The city administration is overwhelmed by integration and reports that the social welfare office and the job center reach its limits. Important offers such as initial orientation courses are overcrowded, and 50 people are already on the waiting list for language courses.
overloaded infrastructure
The current situation in Pirmasens is tightened by a lack of childcare places in daycare centers and schools. According to the Königsstein key, the city has to meet a recording rate of 0.99 percent of the Rhineland-Palatinate refugees, but the actual quota is 1.79 percent. This leads to an additional burden on social structures and raises questions about long -term integration. Mayor Markus Zwick finds clear words and warns of social and social exclusion of the refugees if no solution is found.
The State Secretary Janosch Littig from the Greens explains that the decision to the influx lock was necessary in order to take into account the special circumstances and the ability to integrate in pirmasens. Exceptional cases for the influx are, for example, if there is a job in the city. Zwick welcomes the decision and at the same time demands a fairer distribution of the refugees in Rhineland-Palatinate.
history and reactions
pirmasens had a similar influx lock from March 2018 to May 2021. In September 2024, the mayor submitted a new application for a move to the Integration. However, implementation could not be carried out immediately because extensive data analysis was necessary. In November 2023, Zwick also expressed that the financial resources of the federal government, which are estimated at 7,500 euros per year and refugee, are not sufficient to adequately support the integration efforts.
Overall, it remains to be hoped that Pirmasens' measures will help to improve the integration of the refugees and to avoid overloading the resources, while the social situation is no longer burdened. This is also aimed at in the sense of a stable and harmonious development of the social structure in the city and the entire region, such as DetailsQuellen
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