The payment card for refugees is intended to relieve the burden on municipalities and prevent money from flowing to people smugglers. 14 federal states want to introduce a uniform system. But there are problems.
There are delays in the nationwide introduction of a payment card for refugees. The reason for this is objections from companies in the tendering process, as the responsible company Dataport in Hamburg announced.
“The contract award was planned for yesterday, but cannot take place now because we still have a few review procedures before the Baden-Württemberg procurement chamber,” Dataport spokeswoman Karen Hoffmann told the German Press Agency. This means that the award procedure for the payment card service provider is still ongoing. The “Bild” newspaper had previously reported on this.
Hoffmann was unable to comment on the background, number and possible duration of these review procedures and the extent to which they could delay the introduction of the payment card. The Baden-Württemberg Public Procurement Chamber also declined to comment on ongoing procedures.
Dataport was commissioned to handle the tendering process for the planned cross-border cashless payment system for refugees. 14 of 16 federal states agreed to this at the end of January. Bavaria and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania are going their own way. The card is intended to prevent money payments to smugglers or families in the home countries, relieve municipalities of administrative burdens and reduce the incentive for irregular migration.
Source: Stern
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