Overview
- Between June 2024 and mid-March, the Büren facility reached its daily intake limit on 28 days and had to reject detainee placements due to a lack of staff.
- Officials say the centre has adequate space but needs more personnel to manage groups requiring higher care levels.
- The state government has budgeted eight additional positions to address the chronic staffing shortfall at Büren.
- Police officers from a Bielefeld unit are temporarily assisting at the centre under an administrative aid request to the Interior Ministry.
- SPD deputy leader Lisa Kapteinat criticised the state government’s handling as poorly planned and lacking coordination in asylum policy.