Asylum seekers in the Saale-Orla district in Thuringia will in future have to do community service work. The refugees are supposed to do simple work such as cleaning communal accommodation, winter maintenance or green cutting for a wage of 80 cents per hour.
If they refuse, they face a monetary cut of up to 180 euros per month. Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil believes such a work obligation makes sense in individual cases. Heil appealed to employers to also hire people with little knowledge of German.