06 May 2024, Brandenburg, Küstrin-Kietz: The site of a former barracks on the Oder Island in Küstrin-Kietz. According to the Ministry of the Interior in Potsdam, the first of three planned departure centers to be built on the Oder Island in Küstrin-Kietz (district of Märkisch-Oderland) will initially only accommodate refugees whose asylum applications have been rejected and who are required to leave the country. There are currently no plans to accommodate families, single women, couples, people in need of care or sick people, the ministry said in response to a question from Johlige (Left Party

06 May 2024, Brandenburg, Küstrin-Kietz: The site of a former barracks on the Oder Island in Küstrin-Kietz. According to the Ministry of the Interior in Potsdam, the first of three planned departure centers to be built on the Oder Island in Küstrin-Kietz (district of Märkisch-Oderland) will initially only accommodate refugees whose asylum applications have been rejected and who are required to leave the country. There are currently no plans to accommodate families, single women, couples, people in need of care or sick people, the ministry said in response to a question from Johlige (Left Party), a member of the state parliament. Photo: Patrick Pleul/dpa