Because it is too close to the Mittlerer Ring, the city of Munich clears a homeless camp under a bridge.
Corona aggravates the situation of the homeless even more.
Munich
- A wheel loader pushes mattresses, chairs, pillows and blankets into a pile.
It is the establishment of a life without a roof over your head: On Friday (December 11th) the city
cleared
a
homeless
camp
near the
park harp at the Olympiapark *
.
The people without permanent residence who last lived here were already gone when the clearing vehicles arrived.
Munich: homeless situation in the middle ring too dangerous
On request of our newspaper a spokeswoman said
Social Department
". Have yourself solidifying bearings are always cleared, because the stay there carries great dangers" In the current case the camp was located in the
vicinity of the central ring
.
In addition, the danger of freezing to death in the night is also great now.
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Dangerous location: The camp was located directly on the Mittlerer Ring.
© Oliver Bodmer
Nevertheless, the city is proceeding more cautiously than the pictures suggest, the spokeswoman assured: "Before a camp is cleared,
street workers
are always
on site and give the homeless people information and mediate".
Therefore,
no more people were found
when the
camp was
cleared.
"All personal items were gone too."
City of Munich assumes 1000 homeless people in the city area
The situation of
homeless people
in Munich * has worsened
due to the
Corona *
pandemic
.
So far, the
social department has
assumed that 550 people in the city live on the streets.
The most recent estimates are closer to 1000.
The
station mission
, which has been
more popular
since the beginning of the
corona pandemic
, has also made a similar statement
.
The situation is also more difficult because the
lockdown means
fewer people are on the road and therefore begging and collecting returnable bottles are less profitable.
A measure taken by the city: The overnight protection in the
former Bavaria barracks
will temporarily be continued all day.
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