Fu Berlin rejects refugee accommodation

Fu Berlin rejects refugee accommodation

The planned container village for 260 refugees on the fallow unibles on Thielallee 63 in Berlin-Dahlem causes displeasure, especially at the Free University (FU). The university management feels over, since it was not informed about the Senate plans in advance. The refugee coordinator of Berlin, Albrecht Broemme, would initially want to accommodate migrants on the site, which was rejected by FU Chancellor Andrea Güttner. She argues that the area is not suitable for the accommodation of refugees.

The Senate had decided to set up 16 other container villages at the end of March to improve the accommodation Situation for refugees. These container villages are to be created on various fallow land, parking spaces and building sites in order to relieve the emergency shelters such as the former airports Tegel and Tempelhof. The creation of new living opportunities for refugees is a challenge because there are too few apartments.

In the planning, nine of the 16 new container villages are intended for the eastern part of Berlin, which leads to a further shift in the population history weight. In districts such as Pankow, which already take a high proportion of refugees, the situation is intensified by additional assignments. The resistance to the establishment of refugee accommodation is not unusual in noble districts such as Steglitz-Zehlendorf.

The discussion about the FU and its supposed unscropulously in connection with the planned container village has led to ridicule and criticism on the Internet. Users question the apparent contradiction between the university's public attitude on various social issues and their negative position compared to refugee accommodation. The debate illustrates tensions and controversy in connection with the accommodation of refugees in the city.