Media: cities in the former GDR refuse to accept refugees from Ukraine

< br>Flag of Germany. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 9An increasing number of municipalities in Central Germany on the territory of the former GDR are reaching the limit of their capacity to receive refugees from Ukraine and are refusing to accept new immigrants, the MDR television and radio company reports. The administrations of the cities of Magdeburg, Gera and Halle announced that they would no longer accept Ukrainians, the authorities of Erfurt and Chemnitz are also unlikely to be able to accept new refugees, as they are «close to the limit». =»338″ data-source-sid=»rian_photo» class=»lazyload» width=»1920″ height=»1080″ decoding=»async» sizes=»(min-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw» src=» https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/03/04/1776566134_0:77:3077:1807_1920x0_80_0_0_41512d5240708c79aa6ac707bf2dd825.jpg» srcset=» data:image/svg+xml,%3Cxmlsvg%220xmlsvg: /www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20width=%221920%22%20height=%221080%22%3E%3C/svg%3E 100w «data-srcset=»https://cdnn21.img.ria .ru/images/07e6/03/04/1776566134_0:77:3077:1807_640x0_80_0_ 0_f5d465626836a87ceaac0fda69f928cc.jpg 640w,https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/03/04/1776566134_0:77:3077:1807_1280x0_80_0_0_845279311fd875c4d7783fe0fc6bc8c5.jpg 1280w,https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/03/04/1776566134_0:77:3077:1807_1920x0_80_0_0_41512d5240708c79aa6ac707bf2dd825.jpg 1920w»>In Poland, they decided to force Ukrainian refugees to pay for housing» In some cities, school gyms are now being vacated again and boarding houses, hotels and hostels are being rented out to accommodate refugees. Much resembles the situation of 2015 (migration crisis. — ed.)», — notes the broadcaster.According to the German Association of Cities and Communities, the situation in the municipalities is tense, as they have to take in too many people. According to the executive director of the union, Gerd Landsberg, more and more municipalities report that they have «reached their limits.» Previously, the heads of 23 municipalities in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg turned to German Interior Minister Nancy Fraser for financial assistance to ensure Ukrainian refugees. According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), from February 24 to August 30, more than seven million refugees from Ukraine arrived in European countries.Украинка with four dogs refused to move out from the British who sheltered her