Germany unable to house 300,000 refugees

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: The Local (German Edition)

Germany doesn't have the capacity to house hundreds of thousands of the refugees set to arrive in the country over the remainder of the year, a study released on Monday claims. The report by Ernst & Young argues that Germany currently only has the capacity to house around half a million refugees.

But with almost that number already having arrived in the country - and 380,000 more projected to arrive before the year is out - that means housing solutions are still needed for 370,000 migrants.

The report included a survey of 300 local authorities in Germany who estimated that a total of 870,000 people would arrive in Germany in the whole of 2015 seeking asylum.

Over three quarters of local authorities said that their greatest challenge was finding shelter for all the refugees who arrive at their door. Almost two-thirds also voiced fears over the lack of reliable numbers of arriving refugees.

Read more: http://www.thelocal.de/20151109/germany-hitting-capacity-to-take-in-refugees

[DhhD]

1. Syria could not feed them before the war but Germany will now because of the ME conflict.

Will US taxpayers get the bills? US voted to start, The Bush-Obama War, in the Middle East.

[Throd]

2. I think Merkel handed the European right an early Christmas gift.

[840high]

3. She did.

[pediatricmedic]

4. The right is going to win many elections and gain many new members

[closeupready]

9. Not if Merkel's party pushes to boost infrastructure

and in the process expand the middle class in Germany.

[Hydra]

5. This is not going to end well

And it was entirely predictable between wars of choice and lethal to humans energy policies.

We truly are our own worst enemies.

[McKim]

6. When Will US Fund Refugee Camps in Germany?

Excuse me, but why does the news media keep calling this a crisis for Europe. The US ruined Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria and now
the brains of Levant and Iraq and Afghanistan are on the march to get away from a war torn region. It seems to me that we
could be spending those billions we gave to Netanyahu today on helping Germany and Central Europe cope with the refugees.
Winter is coming, is already here. When will the EU demand more help from US?

[puzzledeagle]

7. It's not the US's fault that Merkel invited them all in

[LanternWaste]

14. Bear in mind, humanitarian crises do not care about fault or blame.

Bear in mind, humanitarian crises do not care about fault or blame; only hunger, cold, disease and clothing... regardless of the faith-based imaginary red and blue lines we pretend divides us.

However, I can certainly understand the reticence to treat all humans as equal, and predicate their worth on those same faith-based lines as well as understand the desire to find fault and blame rather than solution (regardless of how we may rationalize our clear implications otherwise).

[closeupready]

8. Sure. Why not. And make a profit.

This is how fortunes are made. I don't condone it per se, but if it creates good jobs, what is the downside?

[Jesus Malverde]

10. merkel is toast...nt

[Nihil]

12. So are the hopes of the migrants who heard tales of the ever-open doors ...

... in Sweden, Germany, France, Britain, Netherlands, Belgium, ...

[Kurska]

13. A country that already had a housing shortage can't handle a million more people

Of the 100 most populated countries, Germany is the 17th most dense in terms of population. Every piece of land that isn't uninhabitable forest or mountains is populated already. When I mentioned this when the whole thing was getting started I was called heartless and a racist.

Pie in the sky wishful thinking overrules reality. Now people are going to suffer for it.

[christx30]

16. And I've heard a lot of stories about

native Germans getting kicked out of their homes in favor of the migrants.
Their anger about the situation is understandable, and it's going to hurt Merkel in the next election.

[B2G]

15. I have heard you need to speak German to work in Germany

This comes from a co-worker who has a son living there.

Is that true, and if so, how will all of these refugees gain employment?

[area51]

17. You bring up a good point,

and this leads to the other point about how other Arab nations could be taking in refugees instead of pushing them into Europe; if they resettled in other Arab nations, it would be a lot less stressful for them, and they'd already speak the language.

[smirkymonkey]

18. And share many of the same cultural values and religion.

It would certainly have been easier for them to assimilate.

[CJCRANE]

19. Not exactly. The other arab nations are the ones supporting the insurgency.

Why would the refugees flee into the countries causing the problem?

[CJCRANE]

20. Merkel is nuts and the German people need to wake up and use some common sense.

When a leader goes against the wishes of the people, then the people need to go their own way.