Social: Green Youth: Payment cards for refugees are harassment

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Green Youth: Payment cards for refugees are harassment

A new coalition dispute recently arose over the payment card. photo

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14 federal states have agreed on a joint procurement process to introduce a payment card for asylum seekers. The Green Youth is calling on party members to vote against it.

The green Youth calls on party members to vote against the introduction of payment cards for asylum seekers. “Greens – especially in the federal states – are well advised not to support this harassment if they really want to stand on the side of the weakest in society,” said the co-head of the Green youth organization, Katharina Stolla, to the dpa in Berlin. The card restricts the self-determination of refugees. “It is hypocritical to criticize the supposed lack of willingness of refugees to integrate, but then to actively exclude them from social life through such measures.”

At the end of January, 14 of 16 federal states agreed on a joint procurement process to introduce a payment card for asylum seekers, which should be completed by the summer. Among other things, the card is intended to prevent migrants from transferring money to smugglers or to their family or friends abroad.

A new coalition dispute recently arose over the payment card. From the perspective of the SPD and FDP, there needs to be an accompanying federal regulation. The Greens do not believe this is necessary and point out that the introduction has already begun in Hamburg and is imminent in Bavaria.

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