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Tübingen Expands Capacity for Refugees SignificantlyA new Tübingen facility will host up to 750 refugees—500 more than before—with flexible housing options for students included.
- Mayor Boris Palmer, a longtime critic of migration policy, is facilitating increased refugee accommodations in Tübingen.
- Plans include three new buildings on state-owned land, expanding capacity from 250 to 750 refugees.
- The facility is designed to allow conversion into affordable student housing if refugee demand lowers, rent-free from the state.
- Palmer highlights a pragmatic approach aiming to streamline asylum processes and reduce local opposition.
And for the first time, a mayor has negotiated with the state that the buildings be laid out so that students can live there if there is no need for refugees. And at a favorable price, because the state contractually guarantees that no rent will be charged.— Palmer on Facebook, defending the move and explaining the pragmatic rationale; context: defending the plan to make space for more refugees in Tübingen.
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