As of: February 29, 2024, 5:10 p.m
By: Sandra Sedlmaier
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The asylum accommodation at the outskirts of Berg is to be expanded towards the southwest, here on the left side of the facility.
The new accommodations are planned to be of timber frame construction and are therefore probably more comfortable than the current ones.
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The Berger asylum accommodation is to be expanded by 72 places.
The Berger local council decided this with a narrow vote of 10:8.
It became clear that parts of Berger society apparently feel overwhelmed by new refugees.
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- The Berger MTV chairman, former CSU and parliamentary group leader and lawyer Andreas Hlavaty is a person of balance, listens, does not always represent CSU positions and is anything but polarizing.
When he comments on something, it usually has something to do with it.
The way he spoke up in the Berger local council on Tuesday evening when it came to the expansion of the Berger asylum seekers facility made people sit up and take notice.
Thanks to Hlavaty's vote, the expansion of the 96 places by 72 to 168 was decided with 18:8 votes.
All other CSU local councilors - Annatina Manninger, Andreas Schuster, Maximilian Graf and Georg Brandl - as well as Werner Streitberger (SPD), Peter Sewald, Martin Klostermeier and Stefan Monn (all EUW) voted against.
“It is not the case that this topic meets with unanimous enthusiasm among the population,” noted Hlavaty.
“There is also a feeling among the Berger population that things have to be good sometimes.” Previously, Mayor Rupert Steigenberger had emphasized the need for more accommodation and the concern of District Administrator Stefan Frey (CSU) not to go over the heads of the communities decide.
However, the communities are obliged to help the district.
The mayor left no doubt that there was a fire.
“The district office gets the buses delivered to the door,” said Steigenberger.
“The district administrator wants to prevent people from being accommodated in tents or gymnasiums.
If you want to avoid that, then you have to agree,” he made clear to the council.
Especially since it is Berg's turn to accept new asylum seekers.
“Compared to other communities, we are at the bottom in terms of population and area.” At this point, Steigenberger expressed understanding for Inning, which rejected new accommodation (we reported).
Expanding the current location makes the most sense because of the infrastructure and connections, said the mayor, and Sissi Fuchsenberger (SPD) and Elke Link (QUH) agreed with him.
The group of helpers also thinks an expansion there is in order, reported Kathrin Stefferl-Wuppermann (Greens).
There is no time to find a new location that is not considered a temporary solution like the container settlement, he replied to Maximilian Graf (CSU).
Verena Machnik (Greens) complained that this search was taking so long.
Annatina Manninger (CSU) referred to the 40 percent of so-called false occupiers in the Berger accommodation, i.e. people who are recognized as asylum seekers and should actually move out of the accommodation.
“We should integrate people so that they can work and afford an apartment themselves.” This is not possible because of the massively tight housing market, said the town hall boss.
He also receives frequent calls from privately housed Ukrainians asking for living space.
Hlavaty wanted more integration and reported that only ten asylum seekers took advantage of the opportunity to become a free member of MTV.
“A lot of people work in Berg, maybe that’s why they don’t do sports,” said Machnik.
She talked about a postman, an intensive care nurse and a kindergarten employee who were fully integrated in Berg.
“These are people who came in 2015/16.
They are now an important part of society.”
Hlavaty agreed with this with regard to the hospitals and the numerous foreign staff, but also said: “We can only express our concerns in such discussions.” The federal government quickly changed the building law to be allowed to build refugee housing complexes outside.
It is often impossible to explain to locals why their vacant lot is outside and therefore undevelopable.
“I support this decision, but our local population also has a need.”