Berlin plans to create 16 new centers for refugees: what is known
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Berlin plans to build 16 new centers for refugees with containerized housing for more than 6,000 people and expand the former Tegel Airport center by 1,000 beds.
Berlin will build 16 refugee centers to accommodate more than 6,000 people. Also, 1000 places will be added in the former Tegel airport in the near future. This was announced by the mayor of the city Kai Wegner, Berlin.de reports, UNN writes.
Details
It is noted that 16 centers with containerized housing for refugees will be built in nine districts of Berlin. In total - for 6130 places. The Senate adopted the relevant decision on March 26.
The extension of Tegel is not an explicit desire of the Senate. The goal is to provide decentralized accommodation for refugees. The numbers are growing again. This gives us some breathing room, but the overall problem will remain,
16 new container centers are planned to be built in 2025 and 2026. The smallest facility will have 150 spaces, and the largest will have 620.
These will be 1-3-story buildings that will be used as dormitories and individual apartments. The housing container program should provide accommodation for refugees in the coming years.
Addendum
Also, the refugee center at the former airport in Tegel is to be expanded by 1,000 beds. The new places should open in the summer of 2024. The construction of six large tents is planned.
Currently, the Tegel arrival center houses about 3,900 refugees from Ukraine and about 540 asylum seekers. It is planned to operate until December 31, 2025, and then the facilities will be dismantled.
According to the social welfare office, there are currently about 12,000 emergency accommodation centers in Berlin. The authorities want to close them in the medium term.
Recall
The number of Ukrainians registered in Germany has increased by about 250,000 over the year, reaching about 1.65 million as of March 12, according to German Interior Ministry data cited by Spiegel.
