This significant increase in costs is due in part to the locations of emergency shelters. For example, people are placed in hotels, halls, ships or tents. Those sites cost more money.
In addition, according to the COAG, these locations are not necessarily better. These places often lack good facilities, space and safety for residents and staff. If sites open and close regularly, this also causes disruptions.
The costs show that it is necessary to arrange more structural shelters, says the Agriculture Committee. The organization stresses the need for municipalities to create sufficient places for shelter. According to the Agriculture Committee, the distribution law is a first step in financing these places.
The dispersal law must ensure better distribution of the reception of asylum seekers. The outgoing government wants to try to get municipalities to open a center for asylum seekers every two years. If municipalities do this voluntarily, they can receive a cash reward.
