This case is only the tip of an iceberg regarding the waste of tax money, and a clever way in which the leaders of the old parties in Germany earn themselves a lot of money.
For asylum seekers in Cologne – despite the alleged drop in the newcomer’s numbers – accomodation at a sinful daily rate is being offered in hotels and guesthouses. One of these of the around 40 hosts, is the Hotel zum Bahnhof in Cologne-Dellbrück, which belongs to Cologne’s CDU board member Andrea Horitzky.
The local politician, who ran for the “Conservative People’s Party” in 2017, has received 32 500 euros a month from the city of Cologne, according to press reports.
There are currently 31 “refugees” housed in the hotel. A lucrative business model at the expense of the general public, which apparently is so worthwhile, that Horitzky has meanwhile even requested an extension of capacity and the conversion of the restaurant into further accommodation.
But of course, the good Christian Democrat Horitzky prtends to be a merciful host mother and not a gold-digger, as she explained to the Cologne Express:
“I used to have guests from all over the world, today I have guests from all over the world. That’s my private business and it’s none of your business. The hotel is my profession and therefore my private affair. The other is my volunteer involvement in the CDU. I want to do something for the people of Cologne. I certainly did not do it for the money.”
Mrs. Horitzky’s assurances of her complete disinterest in money, are not very convincing. And this also raises questions: why does the city conclude contracts with hotels at the end of 2017, even though the number of refugees accommodated by the city has fallen from almost 15 000 to 9600, and the hotel accommodation refurbishments have still not been finished.
The contract between the CDU board member and the City of Cologne’s money spout was signed in October 2017, precisely at a time when citizens throughout Germany were being told that there was no more asylum crisis and the mass onslaught would be over. It appears that the CDU board member at least believed nothing her party leader had told voters. She was busty investing in more space for migrants instead.
“It can be expected that even in the medium term, a small number of hotel rooms will be necessary in order to be able to react flexibly to housing needs, especially for particularly vulnerable refugees,” the city told German daily Express on request.
Of course, the truth is different: in addition to the millions of people who have flown into the country uncontrolled in recent years, around 200 000 other migrants are joining their fellow migrants every year. Very few voluntary exits or deportations ever occur.
That is why every month the total number of unwelcome poor economic migrants in the country is increasing. And therefore, in Cologne and elsewhere, such expensive accommodation will continue to be rented to the detriment of the local tax-paying population.
Instead of the end of the asylum crisis, Germans are actually experiencing the continuation of the high level influx.