(10 Nov 2022)
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Berlin - 9 November 2022
1. Migrants eating in former Tegel airport
HEADLINE: Berlin expands shelters for Ukraine's refugees
2. Volunteers in former arrivals hall
ANNOTATION: Berlin is turning a former airport into a temporary refugee shelter with 3,600 beds, as it struggles to put up more Ukrainians fleeing Russian attacks.
3. Migrants eating
4. Refugees buying food at counter
5. Volunteers preparing clothes for refugees
6. Volunteer selecting clothes
ANNOTATION: Two former terminals of Tegel Airport were already open for refugees. A third terminal has opened for the registration of new arrivals, along with 900 beds.
7. Terminal C with shuttle buses with migrants on
8. Refugees outside tents being prepared for winter
ANNOTATIONS: Authorities are now racing to fix two big tents on the tarmac with heaters for the winter.
9. Volunteers preparing to accept refugees
10. Close-up of volunteers
11. Refugee at counter
ANNOTATION: Most refugee and asylum shelters in Berlin and elsewhere in the country are already overcrowded, and finding new space is becoming a top priority.
12. SOUNDBITE (German) Katja Kipping, Berlin state government senator for social issues:
"Because the question is not how much space do we have left, but how much space do we have to create, because to take in those who arrive with us, that's a political obligation but also a humanitarian obligation and I think any shelter that we create here for refugees from Ukraine, for example, is also a clear condemnation of (Vladimir) Putin's war."
13. Volunteer preparing food
14. Refugee being registered at counter
15. Exterior of Tegel Airport
ANNOTATION: Germany has taken in one million refugees from Ukraine since Russia attacked the eastern European country almost nine months ago.
STORYLINE:
Berlin is turning a former airport into a temporary refugee shelter with 3,600 beds, as it struggles to put up more Ukrainians fleeing Russia's attacks on their country's vital infrastructure, as well as the winter weather.
While two former terminals of Tegel Airport were already opened for Ukrainian refugees in the spring, Berlin's state government is now racing to fix two big tents on the tarmac with heaters for the winter, and has opened a third terminal for the registration of new arrivals and also put up 900 new beds.
Germany has taken in one million refugees from Ukraine since Russia attacked the eastern European country almost nine months ago.
In addition, more asylum seekers than in previous years are coming to Germany from countries such as Syria, Moldova or Afghanistan.
Elsewhere in Europe, the number of people applying for international protection has also reached highs not seen since well over one million people sought refuge on the continent seven years ago.
Last week, the head of the German association of cities warned that many cities around the country were no longer able to provide decent housing for refugees.
At Tegel airport, some 1,500 Ukrainian refugees have currently found a temporary home - the majority of them mothers with their children - as the German capital's regular refugee homes with almost 28,000 beds are full.
On Wednesday, some new arrivals were sitting on beer banks in the vast arrival hall, slurping vegetable soup, while others crouched together on old metal seats near the walls, charging their phones on multiple sockets.
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