Darmstadt-Dieburg: Asylum seekers have to give way to the vaccination center

Three vaccination centers in and around Darmstadt

The vaccination center The refugee accommodation at the sports field in Reinheim is one of two centers that are currently being built in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district.

Another one is currently under construction in Pfungstadt in a commercial property on Ostendstrasse.

Darmstadt sets up his vaccination center in the Darmstadtium congress center in the city center. A first test run should be on Saturday.

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The asylum group, which has been taking care of the people in the facility on a voluntary basis since 2015, criticizes this approach. “The decision was made at such short notice that the refugees could not prepare for the new situation and support was no longer possible for us as an asylum district either.” Everyone would have to reorient themselves overnight. This is particularly difficult in times of Corona. In addition, there is the loss of social contacts that have built up over time in the communal accommodation and in the village.

“Once again it hits the people who are least able to defend themselves,” complains the Asylum District. In this accommodation in particular, the cooperation between the refugees, the asylum group and the social worker worked well. Demerath can hardly imagine that there is no other property. “That’s not how you treat people, this approach is inhumane,” she says.

The district responded to the criticism after a FR request. The living conditions of the refugees have not deteriorated and the success of integration is not endangered. The residents could be offered equivalent accommodations in neighboring communities. “Most of them even benefit from the new living conditions, as they are closer to their training or workplace,” said spokesman Stefan Weber. Due to the given time pressure, one had to fall back on an existing property. The accommodation was only partially occupied, is easily accessible and has sufficient parking facilities. The closure of a school sports hall that is far less suitable as a vaccination center has also been avoided.

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