Overview
- Bamberg can purchase the former U.S. barracks site from the federal government and will assign the area to the Free State of Bavaria for continued use.
- The facility’s capacity will be limited to 1,300 places, with a contingency ceiling of 2,300 beds if arrivals surge.
- The state pledged several funding commitments to the city, including support for the municipal swimming pool, according to local officials.
- The agreement was unveiled at a special city council session where both sides praised the compromise, and Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann called it a strong signal for the region.
- The deal ends a years-long dispute and supersedes the 2025 shutdown plan for a center opened in 2015 that consolidates agencies to accelerate asylum decisions and departures.