title: Law on the reception and accommodation of refugees, 12 December 1988.
abstract: This Law provides that localities have the duty of receiving and accommodating asylum applicants and that the Ministry of the Interior is to determine how many applicants for each inhabitant must be received.  Under the law, the Government of Baden-Wuertemberg is to reimburse to social care agencies 90% of legally mandated support payments; the costs of social advice and care of up to 250 DM per refugee per year, including assistance in daily life, in becoming accustomed to the Federal Republic, in leaving the country, and in learning German; the necessary costs of accommodation; and the costs of other social benefits.  The Government is also to reimburse the localities for administrative costs of up to 300 DM per refugee per year and the necessary costs of creating accommodations.
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keywords: Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Education--legal aspects; Europe; Financial Activities; Financing, Government--legal aspects; Geographic Factors; Germany, Federal Republic Of; Housing--legal aspects; Legislation; Migrants; Migration; Population; Population Dynamics; Refugees--legal aspects; Residence Characteristics; Social Protection; Social Welfare--legal aspects; Spatial Distribution; Western Europe