Refugees in Berlin are to get access to social benefits through the job centers as quickly as possible, Senator Katja Kipping announced on Tuesday. For the Ukrainian refugees, this is a great step forward, Kipping said. The Asylum Seekers' Benefits Act will no longer apply to them. Instead, they can claim better benefits under the Social Code. "We are doing everything we can to ensure that benefits are distributed as normal," the senator for labor, social affairs and integration assured. "The job centers and the social welfare offices are already coordinating closely."