Associated Press
Berlin expands old airport shelter as refugee housing scarce
The German capital is expanding a temporary refugee shelter at a former airport to accommodate 3,600 Ukrainians, as it struggles to put up more civilians fleeing Russian attacks on vital infrastructure ahead of the upcoming cold winter months. While two former terminals at Tegel Airport were already opened for Ukrainian refugees in the spring, Berlin’s state government is now racing to outfit two big tents on the tarmac with heaters for the winter. “With Russian President Putin targeting the country’s heat and water infrastructure and the temperatures going down below zero soon, the numbers of refugees can skyrocket at any time,” said Katja Kipping, the Berlin state government’s senator for social issues, as she toured newly opened registration facilities at terminal C.
