Kiez conflict: University of Berlin fights against refugee accommodation

Kiez conflict: University of Berlin fights against refugee accommodation

The planned container village for 260 refugees on a fallow unibles in Berlin-Dahlem ensures controversy reactions. The Free University (FU) is outraged by the decision of the Senate without accommodating refugees on the site without their consent. The President of the University, Günter Ziegler, emphasized that the university management was not inaugurated and the area is required for its own construction projects. The university proposed to use empty buildings of the Federal Real Estate Agency for refugee accommodation.

The FU had already acted as a first aid for refugees and provided temporary accommodations. Nevertheless, the university emphasized that the fallow area is urgently needed for its own construction projects. The Senate plans a total of 16 other container villages to relieve the lack of living space for refugees. The locations focus primarily on the eastern part of Berlin, which further increases the imbalance in the distribution of refugees.

The decision to accommodate refugees on the universe area in Steglitz-Zehlendorf comes across criticism and ridicule on the net. Some users indicate the supposed inconsistency of the FU, which otherwise presents themselves as cosmopolitan and tolerant, but now shows resistance to refugee accommodation. The discussions online illustrate the different perspectives and attitudes on the controversial topic.