Ukrainians main applicants for help in Germany
2023.01.11 09:31
Ukrainians main applicants for help in Germany
By Kristina Sobol
Budrigannews.com – According to a statement released on Wednesday by the interior ministry, the largest refugee influx in Europe since World War II included approximately eight out of ten people seeking protection in Germany last year who came from Ukraine.
It stated that 1,045,185 people who fled Ukraine following Russia’s invasion in the middle of February were registered in Germany, and that the majority of them were women and children.
In a statement, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “criminal war of aggression against Ukraine has triggered the largest flight movement in Europe since World War Two.”
Over 244,000 people applied for asylum in 2017, a 27.9% increase from the previous year, in addition to the Ukrainian refugees, who do not need to go through the asylum process.
The majority of asylum applications came from Syrians, followed by Afghan, Turkish, and Iraqi citizens.
According to Faeser, “the significant increase in the number of asylum applications filed in 2022 is reflected in the fact that people are also fleeing war and terror in other parts of the world.”
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