Tents and containers are ready.
The atmosphere on the site is calm.
Laundry dries on fences.
Children play.
What the refugees experienced on their way before they landed in Eisenhüttenstadt can only be guessed at.
Eisenhüttenstadt - The Brandenburg initial reception facility in Eisenhüttenstadt (Oder-Spree district) is set up to accommodate the influx of further refugees from Belarus via Poland and Lithuania, according to State Interior Minister Michael Stübgen (CDU).
"Nobody can seriously estimate how the number of refugees will develop," said Stübgen on Wednesday in Eisenhüttenstadt.
"We are prepared for the influx to continue," he said.
According to the latest information from Wednesday's Federal Police Directorate, a total of 1951 unauthorized persons who entered the German-Polish border in the Brandenburg section were found between August and October 5.
In the previous months of 2021 there were 26 reports.
In view of the current situation, Stübgen appealed to the European Commission and the foreign ministers to take action. "We can only cure the symptoms in Eisenhüttenstadt, the cause is in Minsk," he said. There it doesn't matter what dangers people from Iraq, Iran and Syria are exposed to. "That is mean and inhuman," he said. In addition, false hopes would be stoked. Poland, Lithuania and Latvia as neighboring countries of Belarus accuse the ruler there, Alexander Lukashenko, of bringing refugees from crisis regions to the EU's external border in an organized manner and thus destabilizing the community of states.
In the initial reception facility, in addition to the regular 3500 accommodations, additional capacities have been created in 20 heated tents, where the newcomers are only supposed to spend the night.
Then there are 10 living containers, two of which are used as isolation stations.
Accommodation options have also been created at other locations.
Most people come to Germany in groups, said Olaf Jansen, head of the initial reception facility.
The majority are men who are traveling with little luggage.
After the identification service questioning by the federal police, the health check follows.
According to his information, the corona tests were positive in 60 people.
But there were no severe courses of the disease, he said.
Then the refugees could apply for asylum.
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“The mood is peaceful.
There are few clashes among residents, ”he said.
According to him, it has contributed to the fact that all measures taken during the stay are communicated to people again and again.
In contrast to the refugee crisis in 2015, one is better prepared, it said.
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