They gathered a few clothes, money and passports in their house in western Ukraine. away! With buses, stage by stage towards Berlin.
You know someone here. After driving through the night, the two construction workers arrive with their wives and trembling children at the arrival center on Oranienburger Strasse in Reinickendorf. It is 6:54 p.m. when the war refugees first have to take a corona test.
And then apply for asylum? This is the question asked by the first arrivals on Friday. The federal government and Brussels only want to decide on the status of the war refugees within the next two days. Anyone who waits may circumvent the ban on working and the prescribed place of residence. But the family from Ukraine does not know where to go, opting for the usual procedure. Others turn around and stay with friends in Berlin for two more days.
Beds in official Berlin accommodation are scarce. As of January, there were only 868 places available. A no brainer with the expected 20,000 war refugees in the German capital. Gymnasiums, as with the last large influx of refugees, should not be occupied again if possible.
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“There must be no ban on thinking,” says Mitte’s Social Councilor Carsten Spallek (CDU) to the BZ. “Even if it may sound surreal under normal circumstances: But a large-scale tent camp with the appropriate infrastructure on the Tempelhofer Feld is better than many small measures.” But of course he also hopes that the situation will not become so dramatic.
Accommodation in hostels and hotels is also conceivable. Middle Mayor Stephan von Dassel (Greens) says there are many offers with tens of thousands of places. Currently for 20 to 25 euros per bed and night. “The state of Berlin should secure capacity before prices double again, as they did in 2016. It suddenly cost over 60 euros a night in a four-bed room.”
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