Status: 03/20/2022 01:18 am
Cases were repeatedly registered in which men made dubious offers to Ukrainian women upon arrival. Interior Minister Faeser now wants to ensure more protection against human traffickers and sex offenders with a high police presence.
According to Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, Ukrainian women arriving at German train stations should be protected from human traffickers and sex offenders with a high police presence. “Anyone who tries to take advantage of the plight of the refugees should know: We react to such acts with all the severity of the law,” said the SPD politician to “Bild am Sonntag”.
Nobody should abuse the suffering of the refugees. “Such abuse is deeply despicable.” There is therefore a massive police presence at the train stations, in uniform and in civilian clothes, according to Faeser. “Everyone is sensitized to report any threat immediately and to intervene.”
Federal police warn of abusive offers
The Federal Police has long been warning of dubious or criminal offers to women refugees from Ukraine who arrive at Berlin Central Station. In the past two weeks, there have been repeated cases of men making dubious offers of housing or accommodation to Ukrainian women upon their arrival in Berlin. The federal police checked suspects and banned them from staying in the station. It was about the suspicion of sexual exploitation, forced prostitution or human trafficking.
According to the police, the warnings have now had an effect. The impression was that such perpetrators who behaved conspicuously hardly ever came to the station, said a spokeswoman for the federal police last Wednesday. Overall, there have been a number of corresponding cases in the lower double-digit range in the past two weeks.
The number of war refugees from Ukraine counted in Germany has now passed the 200,000 mark. By Saturday, the federal police had registered 207,742 refugees. Since there are no fixed border controls, the number should actually be much higher, as the Federal Ministry of the Interior announced.