Payment Card for Refugees: Berlin Suspends Cash Ceiling of 50 Euros

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Asylum seekers were allowed to withdraw a maximum of 50 euros in the first months of their arrival. From the point of view of the refugee council, this is discriminatory. The social senator is now suspending the regulation.

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Again and again there was criticism of the cash ceiling for the payment card for refugees. Now the social administration in Berlin reacted.

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A maximum of 50 euros of cash per month – so far, refugees in Berlin were not allowed to withdraw from their payment card. This should now be over. The SPD-led social administration sees this as discrimination – and thus also opposes the still-coalition partner CDU.