Overview
- In official statements, the state refugee office confirmed three deaths linked to intoxication in 2025, two suicides outside the site across 2025 and 2026, and two suicide attempts this year.
- Officials said fights or threats between residents are reported about once a month and often involve hard alcohol, which is banned on site but purchased and consumed nearby.
- Roughly 1,050 people live in containers in and around the Tempelhof hangars, with another 775 in the nearby Tempohome, and staff report cramped rooms, constant noise and stress.
- City officials said they added Russian- and Ukrainian‑speaking staff, started outreach to heavy drinkers, brought in more therapists trained in Ukraine, and cut container occupancy to three people.
- Awo, which runs services on site, says access to doctors remains very hard and notes a local medical center has approval but no opening date, while advocates argue the halt to new small sites keeps costs high and slows integration.