Asylum helpers criticize payment cards for refugees – “discrimination and stigmatization”. For example, asylum seekers could only go shopping within a certain radius of their accommodation.
The functional radius of the payment card can be limited - helpers fear additional work. There are strict restrictions when it comes to sending money or shopping online. Outside Germany it is generally useless. It will also not be possible to send an amount of money from one card to another. Neither is participating in gambling or shopping at an online shop located outside the EU.