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Pressrelease: 614

"Haus des Sports" becomes temporary emergency accommodation for refugees

Unaccompanied minors and families accommodated - school and boarding school management and clubs informed - building to be renovated as planned in spring

The "Haus des Sports" on the grounds of the Sportforum will be temporarily used as emergency accommodation for refugees at the beginning of November. This was announced today by Lord Mayor Barbara Ludwig. In addition to around 100 unaccompanied refugee minors, a further 50 refugees will be accommodated. These are families with children.

The unaccompanied refugees will be housed on two floors of the "Haus des Sports" as an interim solution. The two clearing houses at Friedrich-Hähnel-Straße 9 and Ritterstraße 9 will be available from 1 January 2016 (see press release no. 573 from 6 October 2015). The young people are aged between 14 and 18. The refugees are supervised around the clock by specialised educational staff.

Around 50 refugees are accommodated on another floor of the building. The families with children are also only housed here until suitable flats can be found. The entire property is looked after by a security guard.

Due to the upcoming renovation of the building from spring 2016, the building is currently being regularly vacated and can therefore be used as temporary accommodation until then. The school and boarding school directors of the sports high school as well as the clubs based at the Sportforum were informed of the plans today. A parents' meeting has also been arranged for Friday, 30 October 2015 at 5 p.m. for the sports students, at which parents will be informed about the plans and their questions answered.

With this new emergency accommodation and the gymnasium in Markersdorfer Straße, no further emergency accommodation is required in the city of Chemnitz according to the current refugee forecast. The city of Chemnitz is currently accommodating almost 1,800 refugees (around 1,200 new refugees so far this year), plus around 3,000 in initial reception centres run by the Free State of Saxony in the city.