Children and young people

The Initial Reception and Clearing Centre (Erstaufnahme- und Clearingstelle – EAC) at Prinzregentenstraße 24, 10715 Berlin is responsible for refugees under the age of 18 arriving in Berlin without their parents or guardians. This is where emergency care will be provided. The centre is open around the clock and immediately organises the reception and accommodation of refugee children and young people. Please help children and young people to reach the Initial Reception and Clearing Centre when they arrive in Berlin.

If children and young people enter Germany accompanied by relatives or friends, they only need to report to the Initial Reception Centre (EAC) if the accompanying adults cannot or do not want to continue to be responsible for their care. If the accompanying adults wish to continue to take care of the children and young people for the time being, they need to report to the Arrival Centre at the former Tegel Airport at Saatwinkler Damm, 13405 Berlin. Guardianship and custody rights will then be checked.

In the clearing procedure, the exact situation of the children and young people is clarified and further accommodation is organised. This can be at a youth welfare facility, with a suitable person or at another facility. Until a guardian has been appointed, the Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family continues to be responsible for unaccompanied refugee minors. Afterwards, the youth welfare offices assume this responsibility. Further information on the reception of unaccompanied refugee minors.

Tel.: 030 818608-3110

Prinzregentenstraße
24, 10715 Berlin
U7 / U9 / bus 143 (Berliner Straße), bus 248 (Wexstraße)
Open 24 hours.

www.fsd-stiftung.de

Children from the age of one can attend a daycare center where they can play with other children and learn the German language through play. However, a few steps are necessary for this:

• First, you must apply for a daycare voucher (Kita-Gutschein). You can fill out the corresponding form online or download it here (German, PDF). In both cases, you send the completed form by mail to the Youth Welfare Office (Jugendamt) of the district in which you live.
• You will then receive your daycare voucher by mail. The voucher states when and for how many hours per day your child may attend a daycare center.
• Now you can search for a daycare place for your child at www.kita-navigator.berlin.de.
• Once you have found a free daycare place, contact the daycare center directly to redeem your voucher. To do this, you need to conclude a contract with the daycare center.

If you need help filling out the documents or applying for the daycare voucher, contact the youth welfare office in your district.

• Here you can download all information on daycare center attendance (PDF)

The state of Berlin would like to give as many children from Ukraine as possible the opportunity to attend a daycare center. In order for these children to be cared for as well as possible, the facilities need professionals with a good knowledge of Ukrainian and Russian.

This questionnaire enables Ukrainians to express their interest in working in daycare centers and other educational institutions and at the same time provide information about their professional qualifications and language skills: To the questionnaire.

Children from the age of six are generally required to attend school in Germany. School attendance is free of charge. As a rule, children and adolescents who are refugees first attend a welcome class where they learn the German language. If your child is under 16 years of age, you should first contact the coordination office of the district in which you live:

The clearing office for vocational schools is responsible for young people over the age of 16 (Klärungsstelle für berufliche Schulen: klaerungsstellebbs@senbjf.berlin.de, Tel. 030 90249 1382 or 030 90249 1380, Frankfurter Allee 73c, 10247 Berlin). Bring identification documents and any school report cards you may have. The coordination office will determine your child’s language skills and arrange for a school medical examination. The coordination office will then inform you which school your child can attend. Contact the school directly to register your child there. Young people who are about to graduate from school can use the online services of their home school.

• Here you can download all information about school attendance (PDF)

Children and young people between the ages of 15 and 25 who have questions about their professional future can take advantage of the free counselling services offered by the Berlin Youth Employment Agency (Jugendberufsagentur). The counselling covers the topics of training, school, studies and career start.

Due to the dramatic events in the Ukraine and refugees leaving the country, numerous Ukrainian pupils are arriving in Berlin in urgent need of support. The state of Berlin is recruiting teachers with German and Ukrainian language skills for welcome classes, for lessons in Ukrainian and in German. Further information.