Home Office Extends 56-Day Refugee Move-on Period – but It Doesn't Go Far Enough, Campaigners Say

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Around 4500 refugees in three federal states – one tenth of the basic people – receive a plastic payment card with which they can shop, but can't transfer anything.

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For more than a year, asylum seekers in Bavaria can almost only pay with a payment card.A network organises the exchange of vouchers for cash and balances out.For more than a year, asylum seekers in Bavaria have been receiving a payment card and virtually no more cash.In the meantime, however, they can exchange cash in all government districts in the Free State.The exchange model vouchers for cash is very successful, now also nationwide, says Ka…