"With your back to the wall": District office desperate for asylum

Created: 12/19/2022 3:53 p.m

By: Josef Ametsbichler, Michael Acker

In the former savings bank building in Ebersberg, which it owns, the district created an initial reception facility in no time at all.

This is already full.

© Anna Liebelt

"We have our backs to the wall," says the district office.

Every week, asylum seekers come to the district that is running out of space.

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– While the refugee buses continue to arrive, the district of Ebersberg is running out of space.

This now leads to a call for help from the district office: Brigitte Keller, who as department head 1 (central) has already headed the Corona and Ukraine crisis management team, now says: "We have our backs to the wall."

Sparkasse building is already full

The Sparkasse building in Ebersberg is fully occupied as an arrival center.

With the move out of the vaccination center, the capacities would be successively increased to 170 places and the offices in the hall and the counter hall would be occupied.

But currently only one bed is free.

And on Wednesday there will be another bus with 50 refugees on board - young men from Syria, Afghanistan, Turkish Kurds.

"The people are here."

“People are here now”: Brigitte Keller, District Office.

© Stefan Rossmann

The district office has so far held back politically with internal district demands.

But now says Keller, representative of the district administrator in the office: "We urgently need more support from the communities." The official hurdles and the numbers are constantly increasing - and with them the nervousness in the asylum department of the district authority.

In the case of the asylum seeker house rented for 30 people in Landsham-Moos (Pliening municipality), for example, an administrative court decision forced the district office to bring some of the residents back to Ebersberg.

Keller: "If nobody helps us, we won't get through it"

Department head Keller defends the announcement made by her boss, District Administrator Robert Niedergesäß (CSU), to keep the district gyms free.

"If necessary, I'll lie down in front of it," the district administrator had announced.

Now the main department head says: "If nobody helps us, we won't get through this."

She appeals "to the mayors, almost everywhere" to look around, to address potential landlords, to identify vacancies.

After all, everyone who benefits from a district gymnasium at a high school or secondary school is also a community citizen.

There are municipalities that are already doing a lot, such as Ebersberg, Grafing and Poing.

"See what the others are doing," recommends the district manager.

If you compare the distribution figures with the number of inhabitants, you should know that you are in demand.

Refugees: District gives a split picture

The district gives a mixed picture when it comes to refugee accommodation.

There is the head of the main office, who holds the head for her district administrator in crisis communication with the mayors.

And then there are the communities that have divided opinions, almost at odds.

This is said to have recently been shown at the mayor's official meeting, when the topic of asylum was "rather rough", as one participant reported.

The willingness to help the district office is “different in strength,” he puts it cautiously.

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According to reports, the heads of town hall are also concerned that they will have to take care of Ukrainian refugees who lose their rental contracts as homeless people.

"That's a fact," says Keller.

But it is also a fact that the district continues to tolerate 129 "false occupants" - recognized refugees - in its accommodations, who would otherwise also be homeless in municipal care.

"I'm afraid the peak hasn't been reached yet," says Keller of the current influx, which is testing the limits of capacity statewide and nationwide.

And yes, the groundbreaking decisions would have to be made at a higher level.

But first, solutions are needed in the district - and together: "If everyone only thinks about their church tower, the district office will come up with nothing."

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