Like Austria, our neighboring country Germany is also experiencing a shortage of nursing staff. Now a home is even threatened with closure. The reason: a third of the working population must be deported to Colombia because their asylum application has been rejected….
The ten nursing assistants did not have to apply for asylum at all, but reported to the competent immigration service. The responsible German Ministry of the Interior in Hannover announced that an error had occurred that could no longer be corrected.
The first deportations are already imminent, as ‘Bild’ reported online on Saturday. „I have six announcements here (…). It clearly states: You have 30 days to leave. They can do this independently or they can be picked up,” says home operator Tino Wohlmacher (59). The institution in Wilstedt near Bremen (Lower Saxony) cares for people with severe dementia, for whom new places have to be found.
Operator: “The state doesn’t care”
“The state doesn’t care,” Wohlmacher criticized in an interview with “Bild”. According to him, the ten nursing assistants from Colombia pay taxes and duties in Germany. They would not increase, both they and their children were integrated. “Then the German bureaucratic monster comes around the corner and shuts everything down,” says the operator, who wants to fight for his patients.
Wave of solidarity
After the case became known, the Colombian embassy in Berlin and the consulate in Bremen became involved. They wrote to the Ministry of the Interior in Hanover that the deportation must be prevented in the interests of the patients. Employees can also contact the Hardship Commission of the State of Lower Saxony.
Here you can see a photo of those affected.
Relatives of the residents and staff have already started a petition to allow the nursing staff to stay, which can be signed online. “The madness of the German authorities leaves us amazed (…). While homes and hospitals in our country are suffering from the shortage of nurses, we are simply deporting experienced nurses for bureaucratic reasons,” the report says. By Saturday, November 16 (5 p.m.), almost 42,200 people had signed.
Source: Krone
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