In Bairawies, which has a population of 280, 130 migrants would be accommodated in living containers.

In Bavaria, the residents of Bairawies, a settlement of only 280 inhabitants, are protesting against the placement of 130 migrants in housing containers in their settlement. Recently, 170 people demonstrated against the plans, which were launched by an investor, reports V4na.com based on an article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung .

"Enough is enough, we can't do it," was one of the rally's slogans, with a barely veiled reference to former Chancellor Angela Merkel's "Wir schaffen das!" ("We can do it") slogan during the wave of migration.

"For our country, for a fair refugee policy, against mass admission," was another slogan.

The plans, "which will blow up our village", are not good for the asylum seekers or the local population - it was also said at the demonstration, which was also joined by protesters from another nearby settlement with similar problems, Marienstein, pointed out the Document is a Norwegian news portal.

Although the municipality rejected the construction permit for the living containers, they fear that the district authorities may overrule its decision. "This has already happened elsewhere," tells Bild . runs an association called

"130 migrants to the village would be like if Munich grew by 750,000 new residents overnight"

says Köster, who calls the plans crazy and claims that housing asylum seekers in villages is a new political strategy to avoid losing votes in more populated places.

According to the locals, the planned refugee center will "destroy our village". Bairawies is said to have no 'social facilities', not even a supermarket, and the nearest town is more than a mile away.

This is not an unprecedented case

As reported by V4NA , a small village in Brandenburg, Petersdorf, will receive 500 migrants despite having only 600 inhabitants. Local residents are outraged and feel powerless.

Outside the city, however, they want to convert an old military barracks into a migrant hostel, where hundreds of migrants would be accommodated.

The barracks is a four-story building that can accommodate 300 people, and there are plans to expand the center, including the installation of living containers. Construction crews are already at work and will finish work soon.

The local mayor of Petersdorf, Thomas Schoppe, told the Märkische Oderzeitung that the containers were already being built "when the local council was still discussing".

As he said:

"we have been completely betrayed."

Within the city, constituents are also angry, while others are simply disappointed. Residents told the Welt reporter that they had no idea how buses, kindergartens and other services would cope with the sudden influx of migrants, while others declared that they "absolutely don't want foreigners around".

Cover image: MTI/EPA/Holger Hollemann