CSU and CDU require hard measures against bypass the asylum payment card!

in Halle (Saale) has initiated a controversial campaign for the payment card for asylum seekers, which meets violent criticism. The campaign stipulates that vouchers are exchanged in cash, which is considered an attempt by the CDU to undermine the payment card system. The payment card system is considered an important instrument to combat social abuse, and the resulting concerns were clearly expressed by Marco Tullner, the district chairman of the CDU Halle. He calls on the SPD Mayor Egbert Geier to clearly distance himself from the promotion of social abuse.

The CDU's mayor candidate, Kerstin Godenrath, emphasizes the scope of the payment card to combat the abuse of tax money. It plans to technically prevent the purchase of vouchers using the payment card and to punish exchanges. These developments are highlighting the ongoing debate about the payment card for asylum seekers, which is not only controversial in Halle, but also nationwide.

debate in the CSU about abuse of the payment card

The discussion about the payment card for asylum seekers continues in the CSU. The party held a closed conference in the Seeon monastery, in which a basic paper was presented that specifically deals with the topic of payment card. The CSU plans to punish abuse cases, such as those created by the purchase of vouchers. Activists try to bypass the existing system by buying vouchers, which causes the CSU to take appropriate technical measures to prevent this abuse

In addition, exchange exchanges that circumvent the payment card are to be punished. Alexander Dobrindt from the CSU criticized the Greens for their blockade of the payment card and described the Situation as the foundation of a "left bypass industry". The aim of introducing the payment card is to prevent money transfers to tractors or relatives abroad. At the moment, all federal states except Bavaria and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have agreed on a uniform system, the introduction of which has progressed differently. For example, Hamburg began with the edition at the beginning of 2024, while Saxony-Anhalt is planning the introduction for about November and Brandenburg is aiming for an introduction to February.