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The Tölzer CSU local chairman Thomas Eichenseher (standing) spoke about migration and asylum at the regular table of his party friends in Geretsried.
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“Migration control” was the topic at the recent CSU get-together.
The refugee accommodation in the new commercial area in Gelting, which was rejected in October, was also discussed.
Geretsried
– The CSU local association chose the topic of “migration control” as the focus of the most recent regulars’ table.
The members and visitors discussed this in a pleasantly calm manner.
Instead of calling for a stop to accepting asylum seekers or - as elsewhere in the district - resisting the accommodation of more refugees, the around 30 participants looked for practical solutions.
Both Mayor Michael Müller and Third Mayor Gerhard Meinl (both CSU) upheld democracy and Christian values - possibly an anticipation of the planned large-scale demonstration against right-wing extremism next Sunday, February 4th, on Karl-Lederer-Platz, at which, as reported Town hall boss Müller also wants to step up to the microphone.
Refugee shelters exhausted: “We need a breather”
Local chairman Martin Huber invited his Tölz counterpart Severin Eichenseher, lawyer and constituency candidate for the election to the European Parliament on June 9th, to speak.
For him, immigration, migration and asylum can only be solved in a European context, said the 33-year-old.
An extremely large number of initial asylum applications were made last year.
150,000 refugees from Ukraine lived in Bavaria, more than in the whole of France.
There are 1,400 in the district. “The accommodations are exhausted and the municipalities are overloaded.
We need a breather,” said Tölzer.
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Greiling's ruling is at the expense of other municipalities
The Greiling verdict - as reported, the community had sued against the forced allocation of refugees and was right - solved “nothing at all”.
This only comes at the expense of other municipalities, says Eichenseher.
For him, a first step in the right direction are the planned fast-track procedures at Europe's external borders, which are intended to clarify on site whether those seeking protection can apply for asylum and therefore continue to travel.
War refugees from Ukraine or Syria are exempt from this, as are people persecuted in their homeland.
Is refugee accommodation coming to the Gelting industrial area?
“The right to entry is a fundamental right in Germany.
We can’t override that so easily,” Mayor Müller made clear.
His deputy Gerhard Meinl said that there would probably be no way around refugee accommodation in the new Gelting industrial area.
The city council unanimously rejected this in October 2023.
The two mayors no longer seem to be vehemently against it.
According to Meinl, people can definitely be expected to live a little further away and walk to the Gelting village shop to do their shopping.
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Asylum seekers need a chance for integration and work
If asylum seekers live here, they should be given a chance for integration and work, said visitor Thomas Schmid.
He sees the federal government and the EU as having a duty to finance language courses.
CSU city councilor Andreas Rottmüller, a master carpenter by profession, would like to make it easier for refugees to receive training.
This makes more sense than poaching skilled workers in Africa or other countries where they are just as urgently needed.
City Hall boss Müller believes that many Germans have a “psychosis” when it comes to the future.
Social media is largely to blame for the negative attitude, as it spreads bad headlines from all over the world every minute.
Personally, he is escaping this pull and even no longer watches the daily news and only reads regional news.
“Let’s come to terms with ourselves and our surroundings and talk to each other more,” said Müller.
Meinl recommended reading the Bible at this Christian-social get-together.
By Tanja Lühr
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