Fostering Productive Potential in Refugee Camps

Young men and construction materials

Thanks for sharing, @Tomma , and welcome to Edgeryders. This was really inspiring!

Exactly the same point about young men not being catered to was made by @Alex_Levene in the context of The Jungle. We have been fantasizing about “emergent” refugee camps being made of only a welcome committee, fast Internet and construction material; the newcomers themselves would build what they need.

However, authorities really dislike (one could almost say fear) such an outcome. Interesting stuff was built and deployed in The Jungle (even a theatre!), but then the people in charge started searching incoming vehicles for construction material. It was completely disallowed to bring anything to make anything into the camp.

How is the situation in Berlin?