Tag: asylum
With these ideas, founders support refugee Ukrainians
Berlin, Dusseldorf When Gustavo Iwanaga saw the images of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the news on the morning of February 24, he knew immediately that he wanted to…
Ampel argues about registration of refugees
Berlin A debate has broken out in the traffic light coalition about the registration of all refugees from Ukraine in Germany. While Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD)…
“There is a way out of this spiral of aggression”
Mr. Egeland, you have mediated between conflicting parties for decades, most notably between the PLO and Israel. The result was the 1993 Oslo peace process to resolve the Middle East…
Ukraine war: Katja Kipping calls for a refugee crisis team
Berlin Berlin’s Senator for Labor and Social Affairs, Katja Kipping (left), calls for professional qualifications to be recognized quickly so that refugees from the Ukraine can be quickly integrated into…
Ukraine war: Katja Kipping calls for a refugee crisis team
Berlin Berlin’s Senator for Labor and Social Affairs, Katja Kipping (left), calls for professional qualifications to be recognized quickly so that refugees from the Ukraine can be quickly integrated into…
Almost 27,000 accounts for refugees
savings banks The German savings banks have started to open large-scale accounts for Ukrainians. So far there are around 27,000. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The German savings banks have started to…
What moves entrepreneurs with Ukraine business now
Dusseldorf Around 2000 companies with German participation are active in the Ukraine. They employ about 50,000 people. For several weeks, the Handelsblatt has been in contact with German family businesses…
Lindner calls for a Marshall Plan for Ukraine
A man with his dog in devastated Kyiv The Russian invasion drives more and more people to flee. (Photo: AP) Frankfurt The fighting in Ukraine continues unabated, the Russian army…
Wirelane is vacating offices for an ice hockey team from Ukraine
Constantin Schwaab with refugees in his Munich offices “As long as our people are in the home office, we have space available.” (Photo: Stephan Rumpf) Munich The children play at…
Artillery shelling on Chernihiv – explosions heard in Lviv
Chernihiv According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian military, the shelling was carried out by artillery. Photo: Maxar Technologies/PA Media/dpa (Photo: DPA) Dusseldorf According to Ukrainian information, Russian troops…
What the federal and state governments decide today
Olaf Scholz and Franziska Giffey The Infection Protection Act provides for extensive easing. (Photo: Getty Images) Berlin In an unprecedented federal-state switch, the prime ministers opposed the traffic light government’s…
“Not a single building is undamaged”
Mariupol The port city is currently particularly competitive. (Photo: IMAGO/SNA) Dusseldorf On the 22nd day of the Ukraine war, positive news is still extremely rare, but it is there. During…
How western Ukraine is arming itself for war
Dusseldorf It’s already late at night, but Rostyslav Bortnyk’s phone isn’t ringing. Bortnyk is the mayor of the small town of Berezhany in western Ukraine, where the war has not…
Up to ten million refugees from Ukraine?
Mr. Knaus, you forecast that around ten million people could flee Ukraine. What would that mean for Europe?We are witnessing the greatest humanitarian crisis in European history since World War…
Situation in the morning: Thousands leave Mariupol
Kharkiv Russia has been waging a war of aggression in Ukraine for three weeks now. Kharkiv is particularly competitive. (Photo: Reuters) Kyiv After three weeks of war, flight and expulsion,…
London Mayor: Open oligarch homes to refugees
Sadiq Khan London’s mayor wants to accommodate refugees from Ukraine in the properties of Russian oligarchs. (Photo: imago images/ZUMA Wire) London Mayor Sadiq Khan has spoken out in favor of…
Banks expect influx of Ukrainian refugees
Sparkasse logo on the roof of the Alexanderhaus The Berliner Sparkasse expects numerous bank accounts to be opened for Ukrainian refugees. “We are preparing for a larger rush and are…
“We have to be prepared” – Europe seeks contact with Ukraine refugees
Korczowa, Przemysl Glówny The little boy with his oversized white eight on the dark jumper unerringly reaches into the box and grabs the blue fabric whale. His mother shows him…
Germany takes in 2,500 Ukrainian refugees from Moldova
foreign minister Annalena Baerbock pledges help to Moldova. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Chisinau Germany is working with international partners on an airlift for Ukrainian refugees from Moldova. Such an airlift is “absolutely…
Ukraine situation in the evening: Putin sees “positive changes”
Dusseldorf Russian President Vladimir Putin has caused a stir with a vague hint. At a meeting with his closest ally, Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko, Putin spoke of “certain positive changes”…