The former state care center in Kindberg in Styria is being converted into housing for asylum seekers in need of medical care. Negotiations are still ongoing, but criticism is already trickling in.
Austria is currently facing a new wave of refugees. This apparently means that the Ministry of the Interior is frantically looking for new housing options. One of them could soon be created in Styria. As announced on Friday, asylum reception will be set up in the former state care center in Kindberg in Upper Styria.
According to the competent Federal Care Agency (BBU), primarily for asylum seekers who need medical care – such as sick, old or disabled people. “We need more capacity and would rather have it today than tomorrow, but we are still in the middle of negotiations,” BBU spokesman Thomas Fussenegger told the “Steirerkrone”.
Building needs extensive renovation
Further details, such as how many refugees should come to Kindberg, are not yet available. The mayor of the city of 8,000 inhabitants, Christian Sander, was also surprised by the plans during his vacation: “Our deputy mayor was called on Friday by the Ministry of the Interior and confronted with the project”, Sander said about the “Krone”. . He had to get most of it himself from the newspaper.
What the local boss can say with certainty: “The building is desolate and needs to be renovated.” The former care center was closed in early 2018 and bought by a Graz real estate company.
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Strong headwinds are already coming from the FPÖ: “With parliamentary initiatives and investigations at the state and federal levels, we will examine these contracts in detail and ask ourselves what investments are needed to refurbish the vacant building,” said FPÖ security spokesman Hannes Amesbauer .
It was only last autumn, a few kilometers away, that the reopening of the asylum seekers’ accommodation in Steinhaus am Semmering caused a stir.
Source: Krone
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