The Greens, typically one of the most pro-migration parties in all of Germany, are now protesting the planned conversion of an office building in Hasenheide, near Kreuzberg (Berlin) to accommodate more than 1,000 migrants and refugees, reports Bild.
Notably, Kreuzberg is one of the most left-wing neighborhoods in Berlin, an already notoriously left-wing city. However, full NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) is not unusual in Berlin, with plenty of other districts run by pro-migration parties claiming they do not want migrants in their own neighborhoods, sometimes fighting years of legal battles to prevent them from moving in.
This is not stopping the mayor from the area from pulling out the stop project. In question is an office building that formerly housed the German Pension Insurance, which is being converted for the purpose of housing refugees. The building features 32,000 square meters of office space across 10 floors, which is being transformed into residential units. The estimated cost is between €150 million and €200 million.
In a letter quoted by Tagesspiegel and cited by Bild from Mayor of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Clara Herrmann to Governing Mayor Wegner (CDU), Hermann expresses her “deep concern” that such a large-scale accommodation facility is “the wrong path for community life in the city.”
Herrmann says the district cannot meet the “considerable needs among the refugees,” referring primarily to the lack of available places in kindergartens and schools. She also claims that the district has no money to pay the rent for the accommodation (€10 per square meter) nor for the migrants’ “social support.”
Notably, these are the same issues facing cities and municipalities across the country, Under the motto “we have space,‘ Green politicians and other left-wing politicians called for more and more refugees to be sent to Germany.
Mayor Herrmann previously commented on the planned large-scale accommodation in Hasenheide months ago that young men could come into contact with drug dealers in Hasenheide Park.
The accommodation has been known about since early 2025, and the problems cited by Hermann have been known about for years, but only now are she and the Greens raising a red flag.
Notably, Berlin is spending nearly triple on refugee accommodations than what it did in 2020, rising to nearly €1 billion in just the space of five years. The incredible sums being spent on just housing migrants in Berlin comes at a time when the city is cutting billions from its budget for transportation, culture, and education.
Just last month, Remix News reported on how one Berlin district, Pankow, successfully argued in court that some green space in the area could not be converted into a refugee home because it would disturb a species of bat. The case can still be appealed, but it shows the lengths rich, left-wing districts like Pankow will go to prevent migrants from settling in their own neighborhood, often under some kind of pretext, such as environmentalism.
This is also not the first time a Green Party politician claimed they did not want migrants in their own area.
Last year, Remix News reported on the battle in a small Bavarian village.
A Green Party politician from Bavaria is leading a fight against 130 migrants scheduled to arrive in his village of 280 citizens. Green politician Wolfgang Köster, a board spokesman for the local association Dietramszell-Egling, has taken the unlikely lead role in the fight against the asylum container camp for his village of Bairawies.
Köster is not necessarily against more migrants coming to Germany, he just takes issue with them coming to his village. When asked by Bild to explain his stance against the refugee accommodations in contrast to the open borders policy of his party, he stated: “I am convinced that we can help the refugees. It is difficult, it is costly, but it can be successful. There is no doubt that this includes decent accommodation and functioning care. Neither would be the case in Bairawies.”
