There is food and an apartment for the refugees. “In the end, you don’t need cash.”Passau. At the end of January, 14 of 16 German federal states agreed on a joint procurement process to introduce a payment card for asylum seekers, which should be completed by the summer. Bavaria is taking a special approach, with a model project to be introduced in some districts starting in March. Proponents of the payment card assume that it deters refugees from coming to Germany because they have fewer financial incentives – critics doubt this.
According to the wishes of the Chancellor’s ÖVP party, such a payment card should also be introduced in Austria for asylum seekers. Corresponding plans were also discussed on Tuesday at a meeting between Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann and his Austrian counterpart Gerhard Karner in Vienna.
