More people seeking protection from Ukraine arrive every day, and almost 3,000 people from the war-torn country have now reached the district of Munich. Among them are women with children, who make up around 90 percent of those who arrive here. How many people will ultimately remain permanently in the 29 towns and communities in the district cannot yet be foreseen, said district administrator Christoph Göbel (CSU) at the most recent meeting of the district council. So far, two trends in particular can be identified: Large numbers of people seeking protection come to the Free State in particular, and around a third of all those who have fled to Germany have so far been drawn to Bavaria. And people mainly want to go to big cities like Berlin, Hamburg and of course Munich with the metropolitan region. Initially, according to Göbel, the district office assumed that around 2,600 refugees would have to be accommodated in the district. “We’ve already surpassed that,” said the district administrator. But he also made it clear that there would be – as in 2015 – a “distribution according to quotas”. Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) also insists that the Königstein key, which regulates the distribution of refugees across the federal states according to population size and financial strength, must apply.
District of Munich – Göbel wants to distribute refugees according to quotas – District of Munich
