Many would certainly wish for such a quick agreement as there was in the most recent meeting of the Poinger building and environmental committee on many a federal policy issue: It was less than a minute before the day to extend the building permit for the five containers in Grub near Poing, which serve as accommodation for asylum seekers, was dealt with. Without discussion or questioning, the committee members unanimously approved the extension of the building permit for a further...
Business is hoping for skilled workers from Ukraine. But thinking about labor shortages and refugee movements together does not yet work, comments SZ author Lea Hampel. Because that would require a fundamental rethinking. source site
Visibly euphoric innkeepers next to new, grateful employees - they are supposedly beautiful pictures at the moment, they convey confidence. But behind that optimism is a misconception. Thinking about labor shortages and refugee movements together, as is happening again, doesn't work, not yet. In theory, it would be possible to fill vacancies of tomorrow with refugees from today. But this would require a fundamental system change.Of course, the thought is obvious: on the one hand, people come in their hundreds...
In the embattled Ukrainian port of Mariupol, there were further attempts to bring trapped civilians to safety on Sunday. According to initial information, several dozen civilians were taken from the Azovstal steelworks in a convoy of buses. The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are also involved in the action, as an ICRC spokesman confirmed.According to Russian information, around 40 people were able to leave the area around the besieged Azovstal steelworks on Saturday, as...
"Bouquet of flowers," Lukas, 9, reads and when he remembers that he always has to explain the word, he adds: "That's a lot of flowers in one pile." Rubina, 8, simply says to "May": "That's a month." Explaining spring word for spring word - just as their teacher Magdalena Leibl instructed them - the two of them creep down the hall in front of the 3a classroom, always closely followed by Tatjana, who pushes her brother Ivan in front of...
So now Poland is getting money from the EU after all - for the care of the almost three million refugees in the country. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced this week in the picture complained that the EU had "not paid a cent so far to Poland" have.As EU Commissioner Nicolas Schmit said in Brussels on Thursday, the Commission has so far provided 3.5 billion euros to various member states to take in refugees from Ukraine. The money is intended...
Minister of Education Michael Piazolo (FW) has sworn the school family and the general public to take great effort to admit thousands of Ukrainian pupils to the Bavarian schools. In his opinion, this is not a matter of weeks, "but will keep us busy for a long time," he said in the state parliament's education committee on Thursday. It's "all a crazy challenge". German classes could not be scaled up at will. "At some point the forces are exhausted," said...
Interviewed by Susie WimmerHearts huge, arms wide open, this is how the people of Munich present themselves when it comes to taking in refugees from the Ukraine. But after the initial euphoria of helping and welcoming, there can be disillusionment, tension and disappointment - on both sides. Professor em. explains why this can be the case and how to counteract it. Willi Butolo. The 77-year-old was one of the first trauma therapists in Germany and has been treating traumatized people...
Two months after the outbreak of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, hundreds of refugees are still arriving in Munich every day. In the meantime, more than 33,000 people have been counted, mainly stranded at the main station. "But not everyone stays," said Mayor Verena Dietl (SPD) on Tuesday afternoon in a video conference of the city council. In the past few days, the curve of arrivals has flattened slightly, said Wolfgang Schäuble, head of the city's crisis management...
In a house in Poing, seven girls, two nuns and a young woman from the Ukraine live together as a foster family - including the dog Zafika. How are they doing seven weeks after their escape?Of Johanna Feckl, PoingWhen Martina Hohl pushes her bike up the driveway, two girls wave at her from the window next to the front door. The 60-year-old Poingerin laughs. After she has locked her bike, Sister Maria Liubovi and Sister Maria Vseblaha greet her in...
