The vacant building of the Internationaler Bund in Tübingen’s Eugenstraße is coming alive again. 46 refugees, including many families and single parents with their children, have moved into the converted former language school opposite the Edeka supermarket. There are twelve flats for them. This was announced by the city. The new residents come from Afghanistan, Albania, Cameroon, Nigeria, Iraq, Syria and Ukraine. In another part of the building, flats are to be built for people with professions in which labour is urgently needed.
At the new location for the so-called follow-up accommodation, there are fixed contact persons for the residents. A social caretaker and an integration manager are on site. They look after the accommodation and the residents’ affairs. “This is very important so that the refugees can settle in well in their new environment and so that they can get along well in the building from the outset,” says Monika Jaroch-Völker, head of the city’s “Help for Refugees” department. The social work department in Südstadt and the nearby NaSe neighbourhood centre have also been informed.
The city is currently still looking for accommodation for 1,682 people who have not found a flat on the private market in Tübingen after being given temporary accommodation by the district. The period for so-called temporary accommodation during the recognition procedure is a maximum of two years, and up to six months for refugees from Ukraine.
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Die neue Unterkunft in der Eugenstraße. Foto: tuenews INTERNATIONAL / Ute Kaiser.
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