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Satisfied members of the team are (from left) company boss Franz Mayr, Mohammad Hazara, Adna Grgic, Zsofia Kovács and Mosavj Sayedahmadrasa.
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Since the meeting of right-wing extremists and AfD politicians in Potsdam, which also discussed the forced deportation of people with a migration background, the topic has been on everyone's lips.
In a series we present examples of successful integration.
Böbing – “It doesn’t matter where you come from, but only where you want to go!” says the homepage of the Böbinger company “Mayr Edelstahl- und Metallentwicklungen GmbH”.
And the fact that owner Franz Mayr means this in such a low-threshold manner, as stated under the heading “Shaping the future,” speaks for the 58-year-old, who founded the company in 1993 with three employees and now has 95 employees.
One of them is Mohammad Hazara (27), born in Iran to Afghan parents.
Lacking any prospects in life, he first fled to Turkey with his parents in 2015 and then endured a dinghy trip to Greece alone with 44 other refugees.
In an overcrowded boat, despite bad weather, after eight anxious hours he reached the camp safely on an island whose name had no meaning for him yesterday or today.
He was later able to make his way to Germany by ferry, on foot and in a truck, where he ended up in Böbing after various stops.
Asylum worker Elisabeth Müller and Franz Mayr helped him start a new life with an apprenticeship.
Mayr proudly mentions that Hazara “passed the exam with flying colors” some time ago after the 3.5-year training period.
The company boss is on a first-name basis with every employee
Mosavj Sayedahmadrasa has had a journey of years behind him.
Escape from Afghanistan, four years in Iran, six months in Turkey, he also crossed on an overcrowded rubber boat, six months in Camp Moria, Serbia, Germany.
He, who had already completed a four-year management course in his former hometown, started working as a metal construction helper in Böbing almost a year ago.
“As soon as he has learned our language even better, he can begin his training as a metal worker,” says company boss Mayr confidently.
The 33-year-old is happy and particularly beams in the subsequent group photo.
Since Mayr set up his company over 30 years ago, he has been on a first-name basis with every employee.
His credo: “I don’t want people to address me as you, you have to see the person.” That’s why in 2017 he also gave Adna Grgic from Bosnia-Herzegovina, whose family had come to Peißenberg in 2014, a chance “despite the significant language barrier”. .
The now 23-year-old applied after a successful school career and now has her degree as an office management clerk in her pocket.
“We are proud that it has developed so well,” says the company boss.
But Grgic wants to continue.
She is aiming for a degree in business administration through evening school.
The Böbinger metal construction company has grown large over the past few decades and so there is always something to do for the cleaner Zsofia Kovács.
She had already worked here several times through temporary agencies before Mayr hired the 44-year-old permanently.
There is “no fixed pattern prescribed” for her area.
He can rely on the woman's proven work.
By Emanuel Gronau
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