The federal government has agreed to increase the refugee allowance to the states by one billion euros this year. For the municipalities, however, it is not sufficient, because it is only a one-time payment.

The states have not yet received an answer to the central question of a permanently higher participation of the federal government. "We finally need a common, solidary, humanitarian, European refugee policy," says North Rhine-Westphalia Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU)