Child and youth welfare facilities XX  The life of many minors is characterised by the breakup of relationships, violence, abuse, social deprivation, neglect and traumatisation. Personal biographic histories must be taken into consideration in the facilities. XX  Minors, in particular, must be protected. Care must be taken that their accommodation is suitable. XX  Personnel resources must meet care needs both qualitatively and quantitatively. XX  The increased staff requirements for inclusive groups must be taken into account. XX  The range of special places for minors with psychiatric care needs must be further increased. 2.3.5 Placement of minors outside their own Laender The Burgenland Children’s and Youth Assistance Act stipulates that a maximum of 15% of the total number of minors in a Burgenland facility may be from other Laender. The NPM welcomes the introduction of this rule. The approval of the regional government is required and justification must be provided if the limit is exceeded. According to the explanatory notes on Section 20 of the Children’s and Youth Assistance Act, the lack of suitable places in special facilities in the requesting Laender amongst others is considered grounds for approval. Upper limit in Burgenland This is to be criticised, as the lack of suitable places is nearly always the reason for placements outside the minor’s home Land. This is illustrated by the example of a facility in Burgenland which only accommodated children from Vienna at the time of the visit by Commission 6. As an enquiry to municipal department MA 11 indicated, most of the children had come to this shared accommodation because there were no suitable care places available in Vienna. There are also repeated complaints from parents that their children are placed in another Land. The NPM thus recommends that the circumstances be carefully examined in every individual case prior to approval if the requesting competent authorities for child youth welfare and protection has too few places in special facilities in its own Land. Possibility to approve must be managed restrictively Overall, the number of children placed in other Laender has decreased. This positive trend is likely attributable to the efforts of the Laender to create more care places. The downward trend, however, is also due to the restrictions introduced in Upper Austria and Burgenland on the admission of minors from other Laender: whereas in Burgenland 29.22% of the out-of-home minors lived outside their home Land in 2016, this figure was just 22.22% in 2018. In Upper Austria, the number has been halved since the introduction of the upper limit in 2014. The NPM thus requests the other Laender to also introduce an upper Decrease in numbers positive 76