The district office is considering putting up tents to accommodate immigrants. What speaks for, what against.
Pro: School gyms can’t be the solution again
Living space is scarce. It has been for a long time, even for people who have lived here for a long time and have a job. In addition, more and more refugees have been coming for years, and they too have to be accommodated. But there is no accommodation for it. It’s not a specific Brucker problem. Municipalities across the country are in turmoil because they can no longer find the space for it. They’re looking for makeshift solutions, which come across as quite unpopular: container villages, tent cities. Not nice, but what else can you do? Confiscation must remain the last resort, and school gyms cannot be a solution either. Some of them were already being used as interim accommodation in 2015, and school sports were cancelled. Then Corona came, and again there were no exercise classes. No, resorting to this method again is not possible, District Administrator Karmasin is right. But how should it continue when more people come but the living space is no longer available? The refugee problem needs a higher level solution. Simply forwarding all immigrants to the municipalities and leaving them alone with the problem, that’s not politics. This is denial of reality.
Heike A Batzer
Cons: Tents are the worst solution, especially in winter
Global upheavals have local effects. Millions of people will leave their homes to escape the consequences of climate change, poverty, wars and civil strife that ultimately result from the way we do business. The causes are not eliminated, despite all the findings and appeals from scientists. So there will be more refugees. Their decent housing should be a matter of course, especially in a rich country. Collective accommodation can only be a temporary solution because people live there in cramped conditions, excluded and without privacy. Conflicts are programmed. The most inappropriate form are tents, especially in winter and at a time when everyone is supposed to save energy. Tents require more energy for heating than permanent shelters. Packing refugees into tents is a waste of energy. The district administrator should acquire vacant living space or commercial buildings, confiscate them if necessary, and if there is no other way, gymnasiums again. The boardroom of the district council would also be an option. If the district administrator has the misery of the people in mind every day, he might get a bite inhibitions instead of knocking out right-wing slogans in the state election campaign.
Peter Bierl