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The Berlin Senate wants to create space for an initial 20,000 refugees from Ukraine. "We do not yet know exactly how many there will be," said Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey on Tuesday (March 01, 2022) after the Senate meeting.
According to Senator for Social Services and Integration Katja Kipping (Left Party), new accommodation options are to be created over the course of the week, e.g. in a container village or a refurbished house intended to accommodate seasonal workers. Many accommodation offers are also coming from the citizens of Berlin - in some cases, entire buildings are offered. The refugees first come to the arrival center in Reinickendorf and will be distributed to the various accommodations from there.
On Monday alone, 350 war refugees were accommodated by the State Office for Refugee Affairs. According to the Senate Department, people from Ukraine are not obligated to apply for political asylum in Germany, although some do. They would likely be recognized as war refugees throughout Europe and thus receive residency status.