Germany to house 10,000 refugees in Berlin hotels at cost of €600 Million

Syrian refugees strike at the platform of Budapest Keleti railway station, Hungary. Photo: Mstyslav Chernov.
The German government is set to spend €600 million euros housing migrants in upmarket Berlin hotels at a cost of €18,000 per “refugee,” while the city’s 10,000 homeless population will remain on the streets.
According to a Frankfurter Allgemeine report, “The Berlin Senate is negotiating with a hotel chain over the longer-term leasing of 10,000 hotel places for refugees.” Grand City Hotels will provide 22 hotels which will include Holiday Inn and Wyndham properties.
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