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A man sits in front of a block of flats in the anchor center
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Bavaria sees the accommodation of refugees as a matter of the state and, contrary to the announcements of the traffic light coalition in the federal government, wants to stick to the concept of anchor centers.
"The accommodation of asylum seekers is ultimately the responsibility of the federal states, which is why we want to hold on to the continuation," said Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) news agency dpa.
In the coalition agreement between the SPD, the Greens and the FDP in the federal government, it says: "The concept of the AnkER centers will not be pursued by the federal government." not.
Traffic light coalition wants to remove hurdles for naturalization
"How the new federal government envisions the accommodation in practice in the future remains unclear," said Herrmann.
"In any case, it is certain that the bundling of authorities - the actual core of the anchor concept - has proven itself from a Bavarian point of view."
"The name of these institutions is ultimately of secondary importance," said the CSU politician.
The number of refugees in the past weeks and months showed how important functioning reception facilities are.
"This is especially true if the new federal government wants to take in even more refugees." According to the Ampel coalition agreement, barriers to naturalization, family reunification and the right to stay are to be removed.
At the same time, the deportations of criminals and those at risk are to be implemented more consistently.
Anchor centers were part of the "Migration Master Plan"
The anchor centers go back to the “Migration Master Plan” of the then Federal Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU).
They bundle the work of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, the Federal Employment Agency, the youth welfare offices, judicial and immigration authorities.
This should accelerate the asylum procedure and thus also the deportation of those who are not given the right to stay.
Bavaria was a pioneer, in August 2018 seven centers were launched in the Free State.
Around 9,000 people currently live in the Bavarian institutions.
The facilities were controversial from the start: While the CSU celebrated it as a success, criticism came from the Greens and refugee aid workers.
There was talk of "deportation camps" and "barracks".
height / dpa
