02:25Germany: Inflatable refugee centre springs up in Munich
An intellegent refugee centre, constructed by the Paranet company, was inflated and unveiled in Munich's suburbs on Thursday, one of the first of migrant centres in Germany to be constructed with hot air.
The centre that can host up to 300 refugees was constructed in no more than 14 days, with the inflation of the roof taking less than a few hours. Paranet's CEO assistant Raphael Hock said that the company is trying to "accommodate a lot of people in a really a short period of time, that's the solution, that's the product," adding that the structure is "flexible, it's efficient and its considerably cheap" with the guests having considerably more living space than in a container.
Official figures suggest that 800,000 refugees and migrants will seek asylum in Germany in 2015, with many German authorities providing shelter for those who have recently arrived from war-zones. The large number of migrants coming into Germany has caused right wing parties and groups to voice opposition to recently introduced refugee and purported multicultural policies in the EU. As of October 2015, over 490 attacks on inhabited and uninhabited refugee shelters have been recorded, according to the German Interior Ministry.
02:25An intellegent refugee centre, constructed by the Paranet company, was inflated and unveiled in Munich's suburbs on Thursday, one of the first of migrant centres in Germany to be constructed with hot air.
The centre that can host up to 300 refugees was constructed in no more than 14 days, with the inflation of the roof taking less than a few hours. Paranet's CEO assistant Raphael Hock said that the company is trying to "accommodate a lot of people in a really a short period of time, that's the solution, that's the product," adding that the structure is "flexible, it's efficient and its considerably cheap" with the guests having considerably more living space than in a container.
Official figures suggest that 800,000 refugees and migrants will seek asylum in Germany in 2015, with many German authorities providing shelter for those who have recently arrived from war-zones. The large number of migrants coming into Germany has caused right wing parties and groups to voice opposition to recently introduced refugee and purported multicultural policies in the EU. As of October 2015, over 490 attacks on inhabited and uninhabited refugee shelters have been recorded, according to the German Interior Ministry.