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Refugee accommodation in an airport

January 16, 2016

Berlin authorities are expanding the refugee center at the former Tempelhof airport to house 7,000 refugees.

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Flüchtlingsunterkunft im ehemaligen Flughafen Tempelhof
Image: Andrew Wasike

Refugee accommodation in an airport

Berlin authorities are expanding the refugee center at the former Tempelhof airport to house 7,000 refugees. The head of the accommodation facility, Knut Fischer, has a fight on his hands to make the old hangars suitable to live in.