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Two migrants have been arrested today after a migrant camp housed in Düsseldorf’s major international trade fair ground burst into flames.
Migrants have been housed in vacant exhibition halls of the colossal trade centre since September 2015, but now hall 18 has been “completely destroyed”, according to statements by fire crews, reports the Rheinische Post.
Migrants have been housed in a number of halls on the site, but had been moved to hall 18, which was normally used for storage and staging by trade centre operator Messe Düsseldorf. While the hall was understood to house 160 migrants, at the time of the emergency today the fire brigade actually evacuated 282 “residents”, most of whom were men.