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Senate wants to create space for an initial 20,000 refugees

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.

  • War refugees from Ukraine

    Sisters Ioanna (r) and Anna stand with little Aaron (8 months) in Berlin Central Station after their escape from Kiev. They arrived by train from Warsaw with another sister, their mother, and two children.

  • War refugees from Ukraine

    Helpers welcome a mother and her daughter at Berlin Central Station after their arrival from Warsaw. Both have fled the war in Ukraine.

  • War refugees from Ukraine

    Kristina, who fled from Kiev, hands her Ukrainian passports to a helper at the main train station with her son Emanuel in her arms. Kristina arrived by train from Warsaw with two sisters, her mother, and two children.

  • War refugees from Ukraine

    Helpers wait for the train from Warsaw with refugees from Ukraine inside Berlin Central Station

  • Katja Kipping

    Berlin's Senator for Social Affairs, Katja Kipping

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