It was an interesting piece by Focus today.....over Munich social workers and the threats they face.
The organization in the city of Munich that runs the various social programs is the Sozialreferat. They offer a fair number of services to Germans, and to incoming refugees. In a number of cases, they actually their people living in housing/shelter areas.....so that the 'customers' had ready access to ask questions or get help.
Well....there aren't a lot of details, but the newspaper from the region (Suddeutsche Zeitung) notes that social workers have been withdrawn from the housing/shelter areas.....over security issues.
The wording says that if there aren't any security personnel around.....you don't live there. Threats apparently reached a level that no one in authority was willing to accept responsibility anymore. Whether it was actual threats, or perceived threats....it was adding up.
Added to this issue is the problem that in a number of cases.....the authorities were reacting and putting more security into problem areas, and drawing negativity by the immigrant residents. You can go and look at how Sweden got into the same situation....attempting to have more police around, and it simply triggered youth gangs to target the cops for the 'fun of it'.
What happens now? If you had issue or problem (as an immigrant)....you would need to walk out the door and go find a local social officer for the city. It wont take long for youth gangs to develop and start to question people as they exit the building, and try to intimidate folks.
Adding to this mess....at least in Munich, is the unavailability of affordable housing. The city now admits that they've got 13,000 families on some list....waiting for a social housing unit in the city. On a yearly basis....again the city admits.....there's only a movement of 3,000 apartments assigned out. So if you were in some temp refugee housing unit.....you might be there for a number of years before you had a chance to move.
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