Dresden closes asylum container: decline in refugee numbers!
Dresden closes asylum container: decline in refugee numbers!
Sellerhausen-Stünz, Deutschland - The city of Dresden has announced that the last asylum accommodations are closed at the end of the year. The reason for this is the significant decline in refugee numbers. The city expects around 1,300 people to accommodate this year, which is roughly at the level of 2024. Six container accommodations in the districts of Gorbitz, Strehlen, Trachau, Seidnitz, Johannstadt and Niedersedlitz are closed. This decision reflects the current weighing of refugee development, which results in a decrease in arrivals.
In Leipzig, on the other hand, a new community accommodation will be set up. An apartment building in Sellerhausen-Stünz is rented for a period of ten years. A total of 21 people can live in this accommodation. Nevertheless, around 500 people still live in emergency shelters in Leipzig at the end of March, including in tents and a exhibition hall. This situation makes it clear that despite the sunken assignment figures, no complete solution for the accommodation of refugees was still found, which also affects other federal states.
overall development of refugee numbers in Germany
Similar to Saxony, other federal states such as Hessen also observe a decline in the arriving refugees. Since the beginning of the year, the number of new asylum seekers has been an average of 1,250 per month, a significant decline compared to previous years with 2,400 arrivals in 2024 and 3,700 in 2023. This development has meant that emergency shelters such as tents, sports halls and commercial buildings are now less needed. The Main-Kinzig-Kreis, for example, currently records between 100 and 150 new arrivals per month, which is still above the figures of 2021.Despite this decline, there are still challenges in the area of accommodation and integration of the refugees. The Bergstrasse district criticized the insufficient number of language courses and the financing by the state of Hesse. In Gießen, where the city has enough space in shared accommodation, the allocations have also dropped sharply, which underlines the need for new strategies for accommodation. The district of Gießen also plans a model project to create refugee accommodation in wooden construction, which will later be converted into regular living space.
The need for flexible living solutions
The current developments illustrate that the forecast of refugee numbers is a major challenge and depends on various factors. In Hesse, the circles have decided to hold joint accommodations as a reserve, but there is often a lack of financial support from the state. The municipal decision -makers emphasize the need for a flexible provision of accommodation areas in order to react to possible future climbs in the number of refugees, but this is often not implementable for financial reasons.
In view of these challenges, it remains to be seen how the municipalities in Saxony and other federal states will react to the continuing changes in the refugee situation and whether solutions can be found to offer people who are looking for refuge.| Details | |
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