Cutting hedges or cleaning streets: First CDU district administrator obliges asylum seekers to work. The measure is intended to increase acceptance among the population.
The refugees work four hours a day and receive 80 cents per hour. The legal minimum wage on the German labor market is generally 12.41 euros if it does not involve charitable work. People from the shared accommodation who do charitable work are paid an extra 64 euros per month. The money is to be paid out on the payment card coming from March.