Card instead of cash

When refugees finance the dictator

Exploited: Numerous refugees pay to their countries of origin(Bild: Laurin Schmid/dpa Picture Alliance/picturedesk.com)

In some autocracies, refugees are an economic sector in their own right. The new German model, in which refugees now receive a payment card instead of cash, is becoming a problem for them.

Germany introduces the payment card instead of cash for refugees. In Austria, Federal Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) also wants to switch to the system, but has not found any support from his Green coalition partner. The amount of support would be decided by the federal states themselves. What is the measure supposed to achieve?