According to Associated Press 20, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Thursday that a Ukrainian refugee shelter located along the Baltic Sea of in Germany was burned down by a fire, which may have been arson by man. She warned that the German government would not tolerate any violence against refugees.
Local police said the shelter in the Mecklenburg-former Pomerania state in northeast Germany was previously a hotel, the building lit a fire on Wednesday night, and 14 refugees and three staff members who lived there have been rescued. Authorities said no one was injured and the refugees were transferred to other shelters, including two children, two teenagers and one elderly woman.
reported that one of the refugees living in the shelter told Germany's N-TV TV station that the fire was "very scary". "We were safe here and protected, and suddenly, we had to leave our home again and worry about our safety again." German Interior Minister Feze said, "This is terrible news. Those who come to us to hide from the fire must be rescued from the flames... If it is proven to be artificial arson, it is an inhuman crime and will be subject to the most severe prosecution." She also said she would go to the fire scene later on Thursday.
Ukrainian refugee shelter burned down by a fire Photo source: Foreign media
Mecklenburg-Former Pomerania Governor Manuela Schwesig was shocked by the incident. She said: "There is one thing that must be clear to everyone: people fleeing the war need our protection and support. We cannot tolerate incitement and violence."
Another report from the Deutsche News Agency, the police department responsible for investigating politically motivated crimes in the small town of Groß Strömkendorf, Rostock , which has taken the investigation of the fire from the local police and began to investigate in the direction of artificial arson. Although the cause of the fire is still unclear, the fire site appears to be on an exterior wall of the building.
It is worth mentioning that local police received a report on Monday that Nazi Wanli Graffiti appeared in the entrance area of the shelter. But police said it is not clear whether the graffiti is related to the fire.
The Associated Press said that since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict broke out in February this year, about 1 million Ukrainian refugees have traveled to Germany, most of whom are women and children. These refugees were initially welcomed and many German families were happy to accept them. However, hostility towards these refugees and other foreigners arriving in Germany was also expressed.
(Editor: ZLQ)
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