Gdańsk prepares council flats for migrants
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Even though the EU is still mulling over how to solve the on-going migration crisis and the decision on migrant quotas is yet to be taken, the city council of Gdańsk has unanimously voted for a resolution to include asylum-seekers as eligible for council flats.
Emilia Salach, the head of the president's press office, told web portal Wirtualna Polska that each application will be processed on an individual basis and will have to be approved by the the president of Gdańsk.
"It is difficult to say which factors will be taken into consideration, but economic situation will surely be taken into account," she said.
Salach added that the flats will not be handed over at the expense of the citizens of Gdańsk. "Their interests are our priority. Migrants won't skip the line and get the flats before everyone else."
Nonetheless, the residents need to fulfill several formal requirements to be eligible for housing, from which migrants will be exempt.
