The pond in front of the new town hall in Hanover Photo: picture alliance/dpa
By Daniel Puskepeleitis
Countless cities and municipalities groan under the burden of accommodating and caring for refugees. Hanover, the first German state capital, does not have to take in any more refugees for at least six months.
On April 1st, the country’s Ministry of the Interior created a new allocation key for the next six months.
Hanover therefore has to take in zero people. The “Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung” reported first.
The reason: Lower Saxony’s state capital has already exceeded its target in recent months and taken in more refugees than planned.
The state estimates that 17,000 refugees will come to Lower Saxony in the next six months. These are distributed to other cities and municipalities. For example, the Hanover region, the association of the surrounding communities, has to take in 824 refugees.
Hanover still wants to stick to its plans for new emergency accommodation. “For the first time in three years, we have some breathing space and can focus on qualitative support,” said Sylvia Bruns, head of the social affairs department of “HAZ”. Nothing is certain in this area. “The message is therefore that we continue to build emergency capacities,” said Bruns.