The authorities had acted within hours. None swell more in, nobody out. As a former resident of Cameroon was positive to the new Virus is tested for more infections in the facility could not be excluded.

For more than a week, some 900 residents of the Central point of contact for asylum seekers (Zast) life in the resin, in the meantime, in a state of emergency. On Saturday, it came to riots on the site – apparently triggered by the difficult conditions in the property.

clashes between asylum seekers and Security in the Zast

It came to clashes between asylum seekers and security personnel. According to police, about 50 residents fences to thrust on the Zast grounds, it clashes followed. The police are investigating several criminal complaints against security staff and asylum-seekers.

In the clashes on Saturday also a pregnant Zast was-resident is involved, confirmed by the police. “It was a precautionary medically examined” and overnight in a hospital. According to police, neither the woman nor any other persons on Saturday were wounded.

A large contingent alerted officials, sub-band, further conflicts. However, it was after MZ-came to searches in the days before sporadic unrest in the accommodation. A police spokeswoman said on Sunday, a “reasonable number” of officers would secure the situation in the coming days.

How long the quarantine lasts in the Zast yet?

it was Unclear on Sunday how long the quarantine in the Zast will stop. As a result of the first Corona-case coverage had been the end of the Tests causes. 24 residents were previously detected disease, they were moved to Quedlinburg. By Sunday night, the test results for all of the approximately 900 residents should be available.

However, criticised migrants associations, the current quarantine Situation in the Central accommodation. “The main point of criticism is the lack of communication,” said Mamad Mohamad, chief of a country network for immigrant organisations (Lamsa). “There were far too many unanswered questions among the residents: How long will the quarantine last? How can I provide for me anyway? How can I protect myself and my family in the Zast before the Virus?“ On the day of the riots Mohamad went to Halberstadt, and discussed the problems with Zast-line, residents and Linguists.

fear of Corona: refugees criticise the lack of information

“It’s done a daily consultation, to bring all the inhabitants to the new state”, calls for the Lamsa-in-chief now. As long as the quarantine in the Zast-residential block Mr, could make the Federal Agency for Technical relief daily announcements via Megaphones, to fixed times. Also in Saxony-Anhalt, Commissioner for integration and migration Susi Möbbeck (SPD), said the MDGs: “Obviously, it was so far that many information are not received by the residents. This makes for uncertainty. The most Important thing now is that you are regularly and fully informed.“

A major point of Conflict: the Hygiene in the Zast. “Apparently, there was at the beginning of the quarantine bottlenecks in the hygiene items for the residents,” said Möbbeck. You are now parked. In addition, there is now a new regulation for the sanitary facilities, which now must be cleaned several times a day and disinfected and thus more frequently than in the past. Washrooms are shared by several residents.

Integrationsbrauftragte want to minimize time in the Zast

in Addition, the Ministry of health has delivered hundreds of protective masks for the device. They are to be distributed to employees, Translators, and residents. “Right now, we should draw fundamental consequences for the Initial reception of Refugees,” warns Möbbeck. “You have to interpret small, the residence time is reduced.” The Corona pandemic to show the risks of large Central accommodations. “The decentralised accommodation is in any case the better solution”, so Möbbeck.

also called Green-land-in-chief Sebastian Striegel, who described the Situation in the Zast as “precarious”. “We need a different perspective. It is a question of statistics, that there are new infections.“ It need at least a “more decentralised” accommodation than in the past. “We have objects in the country in question”, such as empty youth hostels and Hotels.

Several Left MPs called on the country’s interior Minister, Holger stahlknecht (CDU) already, by letter, now on local accommodation to change. In the “mass accommodation” is sufficient protection for health is not possible. (mz)

This article was written by Jan Schumann

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