No Kaufbeuren special route for payment cards for refugees. As of: March 7, 2024, 9:45 a.m By: Felix Gattinger CommentsPressSplit For example, this is what a payment card looks like in Greiz, Thuringia.

The background to a special route was feared legal costs and the fact that the social codes SGB II and XII give priority to cash benefits over benefits in kind, explained Markus Pferner, head of the social department. A payment card valid throughout Bavaria will be introduced in spring 2024.