This is required because more and more asylum seekers who have entered the country in recent years are being granted a residence permit. This is usually accompanied by the right to freely choose their place of residence.

Surveys conducted by the NST indicate that people are mainly moving to large cities - which poses particular challenges for them. "We consider a practicable residency requirement to be the most efficient means of controlling the influx," says Frank Klingebiel, Mayor of Salzgitter and President of the NST.

The NST expressly welcomes the Minister President's willingness to at least examine an immigration restriction for particularly affected cities and expects corresponding regulations to be introduced this summer.

It also considers it imperative that the state finances these special integration policy efforts. In addition to the costs of basic security, which are not covered by special state funds, additional expenses are incurred for social work as well as for schools and daycare centers.

"The state must either achieve a fair distribution of refugees or a fair distribution of financial resources," says Klingebiel. "The socio-structural characteristics and integration capacity of the cities must always be taken into account."

However, the NST rejects limiting the influx to individual districts in the municipalities. Such a restriction would unnecessarily intensify the political discussion within the cities concerned.