Escape center Berlin-Tegel
Contracts ensure high sums – despite grievances
There are grievances in Germany’s largest escape center in Berlin. Nevertheless, according to the contract, a service provider receives 15 percent administrative surcharge, such as star and reveal RTL.
Germany’s largest refugee accommodation on the former Berlin-Tegel Airport has been criticized for a long time because of its conditions. Now do research by RTL and star close that contracts for the company and the work organization favor grievances in the accommodation.
According to this, the company of Berlin – and thus the taxpayer – costs around 428 million euros a year. One of the legal foundations is a contract between the State Office for Refugee Affairs (LAF) and the Berlin Mass. This stipulates that the fair should receive an administrative surcharge of 15 percent to all spending on the accommodation. Extracts of the contract are star and RTL before. The German Red Cross (DRK), which acts as a kind of general operator of the accommodation, also raises such a surcharge. The DRK did not reveal how high it is on request.
The assumption is that the operators could increase their income by spending as much money as possible. The number of refugees accommodated has decreased continuously, but the use of childcare staff still appears enormous.
Berlin-Tegel: Personnel deployment despite a very sunken refugee number high
In this context, there are different high sums that are paid according to the contracts. For example for the position of management/control/management to the DRK. In 2022, around one million euros flowed to the DRK – mind you. Dem star And RTL are available the budgets that were set in the contracts with the state of Berlin.
Despite the highly sunken number of refugees, personnel deployment is still high. Around 1400 men and women performed tasks every day in the Tegeler accommodation in 2023. A hidden reporter who worked for weeks – disguised as a helper – on the accommodation, watches several times how helpers read books during working hours, were busy with video games and more like this. Because otherwise they had nothing to do, as they said.
On request, the State Office for Refugee Affairs admitted to being dissatisfied with the situation in Tegel. “It is true that the accommodation of the refugees does not correspond to other practice in accommodation of the LAF. Both the Senate and the LAF also consider the running costs as too high,” it said. The Senate is aware that “the emergency accommodation in Tegel is not only expensive, it is also not suitable for arriving people and getting into the city”. Nevertheless, the accommodation is necessary to preserve refugees from homelessness.
“Personnel use is flexible on occupancy, shift time and the applicable security requirements”, especially with a view to evacuation and emergency plans, the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund replied on request.
Refugee accommodation Berlin-Tegel should still exist for years
And the high budgets, those around one million euros per month that were also budgeted for the “management” in Tegel?
The Red Cross rejected possible profit interests. “The DRK Social Service deals on behalf of the State of Berlin and calculates the services actually performed.” There were no surpluses with him. They would be offset or repaid. The DRK also referred to the state office.
On request, this wrote that “external services could also be used at short notice”. It also referred to the high numbers of refugees.
According to current plans of the Senate, the refugee accommodation should remain at least another five years and serve as an arrival center for all asylum seekers arriving in Berlin.
Source: Stern
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