Bavaria's anchor centers: fewer refugees, more dispute over the future!

Bavaria's anchor centers: fewer refugees, more dispute over the future!

Bamberg, Deutschland - The situation of the refugees in Bavaria remains a hot iron. Previous reports show that the initial reception facilities in Bavaria are less busy than in the previous year. According to Süddeutsche Zeitung lived around 8700 people in the anchor centers at the end of May 2023. In the previous year it was still 10,900. The decline is remarkable, especially when you consider that at the beginning of 2023 around 10 250 migrants were housed in these facilities.

A closer look at the individual locations shows that there is an increase in around 1200 people in the initial reception facility in Lower Franconia, 200 more than in the previous year. In contrast, the number of refugees in the Bamberg anchor center from 1500 in May 2022 in May 2023. The dispute over the future of the Bamberg Center is still active, since the city is pushing for a decentralized accommodation, while the Free State wants to continue to adhere to the existing structure.

What are anchor centers?

But what exactly are these anchor centers? As described in Refugee Council Bavaria , the letters anchor stand for "arrival, municipal distribution, decision and return". Since their nationwide introduction on August 1, 2018, these facilities have become the first point of contact for asylum seekers. People of different origins live there, regardless of the status of their asylum procedure.

The living conditions in these centers are often precarious. Up to 1000 people share multi -bed rooms and the sanitary facilities are often defect. Security services and police operations are the order of the day, while personal objects such as hairdryer or kettle are not allowed. Children usually only receive rudimentary education and medical care depends on sporadic visits to the doctors.

statistics and numbers for migrants

The public interest in data to escape and asylum is still great. As the Statistical State Office Bavaria are known, refugees and asylum seekers are recorded in the population, but not separately shown. The overall capacity of the anchor centers is over 12,000 assignable places. At the places for the follow -up accommodation, the occupancy rate is also high with around 90 percent - at the beginning of June 122,400 of around 136,000 places were occupied.

The distribution of migrants takes place according to a legally defined key, which ensures that the loads are distributed more evenly. Nevertheless, the criticism of the equipment and living conditions of the anchor centers remains loud and unheard. Human rights organizations warn of the difficult conditions that severely affect the quality of life of the asylum seekers.