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After appeals to the planned “Sonneblick” asylum center were dismissed in front of the Appenzell Ausserrhoden High Court, residents brought the case before the Federal Supreme Court. Now this also decides to use the “sun view”. The governing council will prepare for commissioning.
There is said to be a transit center for asylum seekers at the “Sonneblick”.
(pd / lim) In the spring of 2016, the canton announced that it was planning an asylum center at “Sonneblick” in Walzenhausen. To this end, he signed a rental agreement with the foundation of the same name. At that time, the canton was under the impression of a consistently high number of asylum seeker referrals and needed additional accommodation in a cantonal center.
The Walzenhausen Building Permit Commission, however, refused to grant the building permit and, therefore, the conversion of the property. The foundation and the canton, on the other hand, successfully appealed to the Department of Construction and Economy. The Ausserrhoder High Court upheld the appeal decision and classified the use of “sun view” as an asylum center as permissible. The Federal Supreme Court now reaches the same conclusion and therefore definitely gives the green light to the “Sonneblick” asylum center.
Cantón wants to speak to the community.
Meanwhile, the number of asylum seekers has decreased, writes the canton. The forecasts of the Secretary of State for Migration do not currently expect significant increases; The foreign policy situation can always change rapidly. “The canton still needs accommodation in a cantonal center because the previous asylum center in Landegg will be closed in late 2020.”
Together with the canton of St. Gallen as the center operator, the opening of the Sonneblick Asylum Center is being prepared. For this purpose, the canton would also seek to speak to the community.
Foundation wants to promote coexistence
The Sonneblick Foundation is “pleased and relieved” in a statement on the federal court decision and hopes “that the local vacancy may now end in the foreseeable future.” Together with the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, the foundation will do everything possible to quickly achieve the desired objective.
The foundation emphasizes that it will not only act as owner, but wants to create added value in cooperation with the center’s administration. Additional activities will be carried out in the sense of integration and coexistence with the town’s population. Human or financial resources can be used.
With the grouping “mitenand walzenhausen” and participation in the language café, managing director Adrian Keller carried out preliminary work according to the board of directors. It also says:
“The foundation is happy when life is high above Lake Constance again and regrets that this would not have been the case for almost three years without their help.”
The complainants are concerned about the future of the village.
Review: The “Sonneblick Residents” committee transferred their complaint to the federal court after suffering a defeat in the superior court. The basic objection of the residents committee: 120 asylum seekers should not be accommodated in the “view of the sun” as planned by the canton, but only about half. The complainants are concerned about the future of Walzenhausen. They fear that residents will move if the canton implements its plans.
The Sonneblick Foundation submitted a construction request in 2016 to convert the property. As a result, the municipal building authority refused to grant the building permit, and the Department of Construction and Economics approved the appeal. In contrast, the municipality of Walzenhausen and residents filed a complaint with the superior court without success.
