The Conference of Minister Presidents has made progress, particularly in the area of migration, according to its previous chairman Boris Rhein. The states have long agreed "that illegal migration must be limited", said Hesse's head of government Rhein (CDU). The planned introduction of the payment card for refugees was therefore organized under the Hessian presidency. Hesse will hand over the chairmanship to Saxony on October 1.
The new payment card is intended to prevent payments to smugglers or families in the home country, relieve the burden on local authorities and reduce the incentive for irregular migration. According to Rhein, the temporary controls at Germany's external borders would not have been reintroduced without pressure from the federal states.
