Magdeburg (dpa/sa) - The state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt will discuss migration policy on Thursday. The AfD parliamentary group is demanding a deportation offensive from the state government. In the Federal Council, the government should advocate the introduction of national border controls to "fight off illegal immigrants," according to a motion to that effect.
There is also a debate on the planned federal hardship fund for needy pensioners on the agenda. The left faction is pushing for the state to participate in the fund. The previously planned one-time payment of 2500 euros could thus be doubled. The hardship fund is intended to enable one-off payments to pensioners on the poverty line who lost their entitlements when the GDR pensions were transferred to the German system three decades ago. The payments are intended to mitigate particular hardships, they are not intended for all groups of people affected.
