As already about a quarter of the 55 panels in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate now has that too Table in Saarbrücken a recording stop imposed. until 15. September She is no longer accepting new customers. This is reported by the “Saarland Radio”. As early as January, the Saarbrücken issuing office had announced a freeze on admissions until June. Now the step is necessary again.
Strong increase in customers since February – many Ukrainians
The panels did not want to send anyone away, Sabine Altmeyer-Baumann, chairwoman of the panels in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate, told the Evangelical Press Service. But the customer surge be since February enormously. While 18,000 customers in Saarland were still registered with the Tafel at the beginning of 2020, the number is now there increased to 23,000, according to Altmeyer-Baumann. Among them are many women and children from Ukraine have fled. However, because of the increased prices, more locals also visited the food banks.
Increased costs and greater burden for volunteers
At the same time, the supply decreases. the Food donations have declined in the past few months because retailers are also making tighter calculations. In addition, the Fuel and energy costs. The employees in the panels are at theirs load limits. The number of volunteers remained the same. However, they would take on more trips for Corona-Bringdienste and worked due extended delivery times also more hours.
The government simply referred refugees to noticeboards
One problem is the way the government deals with them refugees been. Instead of providing them with food vouchers, for example, the municipalities would have the refugees simply referred to the boards. However, their capacities are limited. In addition, there are voluntary associations no government agencyso Altmeyer-Baumann.
Sources used:
– Saarland Radio
– EPD