Compulsory work for refugees? “Forcing people to do cheap work is populism”. As of: March 1, 2024, 9:50 a.m CommentsPressSplit The Thuringian CDU district administrator Christian Herrgott wants to force asylum seekers to work.

“Anyone who experiences the solidarity of the community in Germany must also give something back,” he says. The move is also a supra-regional signal in the election campaign: state elections in Thuringia are in a few months.