Wüst: The federal government promises to help with the accommodation of refugees

Created: 08.12.2022, 20:15

North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst during a press statement.

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In view of the persistently high number of refugees from Ukraine, the federal government also wants to provide accommodation options, according to the states.

The federal states had asked the federal government "to make sure that the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks (BImA) also makes space available wherever possible," said North Rhine-Westphalia's Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst (CDU) on Thursday after consultations of the federal states with Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) in Berlin.

Berlin - That was also promised.

Unusually, the number of refugees remained high this winter, "because the Russian war effort is based precisely on expelling people from Ukraine," said Wüst.

The task now is to do justice to people across all levels of government.

"It still applies: Anyone who flees from Putin's war gets protection from us," said Wüst, who is currently deputy chairman of the Prime Ministers' Conference (MPK).

The federal states are currently preparing to take in numerous refugees in the coming weeks and months.

In some places, emergency accommodation in tents and gyms could also be set up again.

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