Thursday, May 21, 2020

Corona and Refugees

For the past four weeks in Germany, the hype on the Coronavirus has been subsiding and lessening.  This week, it's hyped up again....mostly because of an odd factor....Corona now showing in asylum centers in Germany.

I picked up the Focus news this morning and reviewed the story.

The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BamF) is basically saying that a surge is underway at various centers.

In the three states of Germany hardest hit since February.....NRW, Bavaria and Baden-Wurttemberg.....it's now noted since the very end of April that refugee centers are having a big issue now (one-thousand-plus cases of infection in three weeks).

So here's the thing....this surge has triggered stress, chaos, and near-riots.  The asylum crowd isn't happy with the conditions or the hygiene situation (ban rules).

Here's the odd thing....why didn't they see the surge back in early March when other German communities were having the issues?  Why just the past three weeks?  This is the part of the story which doesn't make sense.

The chief problem right now?  Ban-rules are going into effect in these centers, and the freedom to go out is hindered.  A lot of the younger men aren't happy with this, and it's triggering more stress for the support staff and security personnel.  There's likely to be cases where the health authorities go to the plan 'B' situation.....putting certain disagreeable people into confined (jail-like) circumstances because they won't go along with the quarantine-rules.

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