Payment card for asylum seekers in Thuringia: Exchanges not punishable:
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After technical delay: Werra-Meißner district introduces payment card: The payment card has also been available in the Werra-Meißner district since this month ...
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Königswinter: Criticism of plan for payment card for refugees: The Königswinter city administration wants to introduce a payment card for refugees ...
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Strong words: Nordhorn refugee aid criticizes payment card: For just over a year, a payment card has been issued to refugees in the county ...
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Payment card now also valid for refugees in Frankfurt: With the introduction of the payment card in Frankfurt - | it's already valid in other municipalities ...
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Key FactsFrankfurt applies payment card to new refugee assignments
Sep 4, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: fr.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: fr.de
- Hesse has issued the card since December 2024; in Frankfurt, it has applied since August 3 to refugees transferred from Gießen.
- In practice, it is not currently being used because Frankfurt has no assignments from Gießen; already housed refugees do not receive it.
- Cash withdrawals are capped at 50 euros monthly; no majority supported the higher amount sought by Voitl.
- The card works in shops accepting Visa; vouchers can also be exchanged for cash at swap initiatives.
The cash amount should not be restricted, but should be made available as before in order to enable people to have as self-determined a daily life as possible.— Social Services Director Elke Voitl (Greens); stated in the city council in early 2024
Refugees in Esslingen: Existing law circumvented? Organizers respond to allegations
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Cash instead of payment cards in Hesse: Currency exchange for refugees in Frankfurt
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Paid articlePaywall Currency exchange for refugees has started up: An initiative in Frankfurt is mobilizing against the payment card system. The question of the legality of barter ...
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Discrimination via payment card: Sorted out at the checkout: To circumvent the payment card system, asylum seekers buy vouchers in supermarkets and exchange them ...
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Thuringia argues over payment card: Weimar initiatives against minister and district council association
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Resistance to payment cards: Giessen residents organize exchange office for refugees
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Activists on payment cards: “Payment cards prevent integration”: All federal states have approved the payment card for asylum seekers. Two activists report on ...
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Payment card for asylum seekers in Saarland: Activists exchange vouchers for cash
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After the debate over payment cards: Thyrnau's third mayor poses a vote of confidence.
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Protest against payment card – Stuttgart residents provide refugees with more cash than the limit allows
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Key FactsStuttgart Swap Actions Challenge Refugee Payment Card
Aug 19, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de
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- Left-wing groups in Stuttgart facilitate voucher-for-cash exchanges to help refugees bypass the 50-euro monthly cash limit.
- The payment card restricts refugees’ cash withdrawals, limiting their ability to pay at markets and ethnic grocery stores.
- Research reveals only seven percent of refugees send money abroad, questioning the card’s justification by policymakers.
- Similar swap protests occur nationwide, symbolizing resistance to both the payment card and broader political shifts.
You can introduce the payment card, but we will always oppose it.— Lotte and Fynn, the organizers of the exchange actions, express their stance on the payment card for refugees.
Payment card for asylum seekers in Lower Saxony: Technical problems and criticism from municipalities
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