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Family reunification in Berlin: Last chance before the deadline!
The state recording program for members of Syrian, Afghan and Iraqi refugees will soon end. Senate decides on extension.
Family reunification in Berlin: Last chance before the deadline!
The state recording program for refugee family members from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq ends at the end of the year, and the situation is tense. So far, these refugees have been able to bring their relatives to Berlin if they were registered there and beared all costs themselves. The interior senator has demanded that the Senate urgently decide on the possible extension of the program. According to information from rbb24 , however, there is still a corresponding submission to the tax administration. The spokeswoman for the financial administration only explained that the process would be checked internally.
The refugee spokesman for the Greens, Jian Omar, sees a blockade by the CDU and expressed violent criticism: "It is a regulation that has existed for years that enables families to bring their relatives to Berlin." Almost 330 permits were granted this year by September, in the previous year there were over 880. The program offers an important escape route for many affected families, but the uncertainty is growing.
budget debate and missing funds
On the occasion of the current budget debate, the government had to take violent criticism. The coalition, consisting of CDU and SPD, is accused of avoiding financial obligations and not perceiving your responsibility. In a speech by the Green Group Chairman Bettina Jarasch, the disastrous budget situation, which is already a massive debt of 4.5 billion euros, is pointed out as a result of thoughtless expenses. "This budget does not do justice to Berlin and the Berliners," says a statement that indicates the potential cuts in social projects when the coalition is willing to delete money from indispensable programs in order to conceal their financial decisions, as in the report of the Green Group recorded.
These problems illustrate how critically the situation for the refugee families and the social structures in Berlin. The uncertainties in the financing could lead to even more people in precarious layers, while politicians are accused of not complying with their promises and not adequately observed the consequences of their decisions.