Ukrainians in Germany are being evicted from refugee flats

In Germany, 1,700 Ukrainian refugees must leave flats in the Ore Mountains in the state of Saxony. The administration is sending out cancellation notices for 650 flats between Aue, Zschopau and Marienberg until July. This is reported by BILD on 23 May.

The area is reportedly in urgent need of so-called "Gewährwohnungen" for refugees - including people from Syria, Afghanistan and Turkey undergoing asylum procedures in the region. Currently, the refugee housing is already 90 per cent full.

Ukrainians are considered recognised refugees from the war. They do not receive asylum seeker's allowance, but receive citizen's allowances like needy Germans. However, this also means that they have to find their own accommodation.

After a full-scale war broke out in Ukraine in 2022 and many families fled, the district placed Ukrainians in refugee flats without any red tape. According to BILD, the tenants have been told to look for new housing for some time now.

Local publication Freie Presse quotes a letter from Erzgebirge:

For this reason, we ask you to find your own accommodation immediately and to leave the flat you have been given until 15 June, 12 noon. As of this date, you will no longer be allowed to use the flat.

The Anton district administration has been sounding the alarm for months about the fact that there is no more housing for asylum seekers in its neighbourhood, with tent cities or container settlements in the queue.

Earlier Socialportal reported that in Germany on the territory of the former Tegel airport, where they have arranged housing for refugees, there was a fire. A tent of about 1000 square metres burned down.

According to Eurostat, the most refugees were received by Germany (1.27 million, 29.5% of the total number), Poland (951 thousand, 22.1%) and the Czech Republic (381 thousand, 8.9%).