Up in the Mecklenburg area (east of Hamburg)....in the town of Upahl....resides about 500 residents. It's safe to say it's a fairly rural area....probably more cows than people.
It's been decided between state leadership and the town's authorities....to build up a refugee center. Originally, it was talked about to be 400 'places', and with a fair amount of criticism....it's been downsized to 250 'places'.
Anger mounting? Well....yeah.
I looked over the map. This is a village of few conveniences (no pharmacy, no grocery, no gas station). I should note....at the end of the village, near the autobahn.....there is one gas station.
The problem with this....after a week or two....the 'new' Germans (refugees) will ask where you get groceries, and the tip will be.....you need to ride the bus or walk about 3.5 kilometers north....to the next town which does have a grocery or two.
Nothing much to do? That's going to come up quickly.
Over the hill from me....the next village had such an order from about seven years ago. They worked up a contract with a temp-building company, and way out in the industrial area.....they erected this hundred-person 'village'. Locals approved the deal but this kept the 'new' folks way out from the village itself, and with few bus options....that village last around three years before it was dismantled.
From a long-term planning aspect....the migration program just doesn't have a lot of support or planning attached.
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