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A6 WORLD NEWS
Thursday 10 November 2022
Berlin expands old airport shelter as refugee housing scarce

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER As- But even with new federal
sociated Press funds, new housing units
BERLIN (AP) — The German cannot be built as quickly
capital is expanding a tem- as people keep arriving,
porary refugee shelter at a city officials say.
former airport to accom- At Tegel airport, some 1,500
modate 3,600 Ukrainians, as Ukrainian refugees have
it struggles to put up more currently found a tempo-
civilians fleeing Russian at- rary home most of them
tacks on vital infrastructure mothers with their children
ahead of the upcoming as the German capital's
cold winter months. regular refugee homes with
While two former termi- almost 28,000 beds are full.
nals at Tegel Airport were On Wednesday, some new
already opened for Ukrai- arrivals were sitting on long
nian refugees in the spring, in the vast former arrival
Berlin's state government hall, slurping down hot veg-
is now racing to outfit two etable soup, while others
big tents on the tarmac crouched close together
with heaters for the winter. on old metal seats near the
It has also opened a third walls charging their phones
terminal for the registration on multiple sockets.
of further arrivals and put A family of five with a baby
up 900 new beds, officials Refugees line up for food inside the temporary refugee shelter at the former airport Tegel in Berlin, in a stroller and the father
said Wednesday. Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022. Associated Press using a wheelchair was
"With Russian President Pu- lining up in the old board-
tin targeting the country's ties at terminal C. where in Europe, the num- around the country are no ing pass and security con-
heat and water infrastruc- Germany has taken in 1 mil- ber of people applying for longer able to provide de- trol area to get registered,
ture and the temperatures lion refugees from Ukraine international protection cent housing for refugees. while several elderly wom-
going down below zero since Russia attacked the has also reached highs not The federal government en huddled up in big coats
soon, the numbers of refu- eastern European country seen since well over 1 mil- tried to allay local com- were standing in front of
gees can skyrocket at any almost nine months ago. lion people sought refuge munities' concerns last the former airline gates to
time," said Katja Kipping, In addition, more asylum on the continent seven week, saying it is willing to go through police checks
the Berlin state govern- seekers than in previous years ago. provide 4.25 billion euros and have their fingerprints
ment's senator for social is- years are coming here from Last week, the head of the ($4.26 billion) for this and and biometric pictures
sues, as she toured newly countries such as Syria, Mol- German association of cit- next year to help take care taken.q
opened registration facili- dova or Afghanistan. Else- ies warned that many cities of refugees and migrants.

France sets its military goals as war

is back in Europe

By SYLVIE CORBET The As- ries and a future that we ar weapons.
sociated Press have no reason to accept Macron was to be airlifted
PARIS (AP) — President with fatalism," Macron Wednesday afternoon to
Emmanuel Macron said said, as he was unveiling France's newest nuclear
Wednesday that France's France's so-called "nation- attack submarine, the Suf-
military strategy must al strategic review," meant fren, before meeting later
strengthen the country as to define how the country's in the day with some elite
an independent, respect- defense will look in 2030. Navy commando mem-
ed nuclear-armed power France wants to be an "in- bers.
through the end of the de- dependent, respected, France's new strategic
cade, warning against a agile power at the heart of document provides that French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his speech at the
risk of escalation and other the European strategic au- the country will maintain a French Navy base of Toulon, southern France, Wednesday, Nov.
global effects of Russia's tonomy" with strong links to "capacity to lead military 9, 2022.
war in Ukraine. the Atlantic alliance, Ma- operations, including those AssociatedPress
"Europe is not sheltered cron described. of high intensity, alone or
anymore from missile and As war is back on the Eu- within a coalition." to make changes to the called Barkhane force
drone strikes. And we must ropean continent, France French troops will main- "status, format and missions after France withdrew its
integrate this reality," Ma- wants to focus on boost- tain their large presence of the current French mili- troops from Mali earlier this
cron said, speaking on the ing the European Union's abroad in an area stretch- tary bases in the Sahel and year following tensions with
Dixmude helicopter carrier, defense capacity building ing from sub-Saharan Af- West Africa." A new organi- the ruling junta.

docked in the Mediterra- the bloc of 27 nations' s se- rica to the Middle-East, zation, based on coopera- French operations to help
nean military base of Tou- curity is still largely depen- through the Horn of Africa, tion between French and fighting Islamic extremists
lon which is home to more dent on the U.S. and NATO. Macron said. local armed forces, will be in Africa's Sahel region are
than 24,000 troops. He insisted a "credible, He said France will launch finalized withing six months focusing on Niger, Chad
Russia's aggression toward modern" nuclear dissua- talks in the coming days of the discussions, he said. and Burkina Faso, where
Ukraine "may precede sion is key. France is the with its African partners Macron's speech marks the country has about
broader geopolitical rival- only EU country with nucle- and regional organizations the formal end of the so- 3,000 troops.q