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Status: 07/11/2022 02:39 am
Minister of Education Stark-Watzinger emphasizes the integration performance of the German education system. The Federal Labor Office has approved 144,000 integration courses for Ukrainians. The developments in the live blog.
12:45 a.m
Hundreds of anti-Russian and anti-Ukrainian crimes recorded in Germany
Since the start of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the security authorities have registered 701 anti-Russian and 592 anti-Ukrainian crimes in Germany. This was reported by the newspapers of the editorial network Germany (RND), citing the response of the Federal Ministry of the Interior to a request from AfD MP Petr Bystron. The Federal Criminal Police Office has set up a special information collection point for events related to the war that are relevant under criminal law. There are also regular reports from the category of politically motivated crime. According to information from the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the security authorities last counted 383 anti-Russian crimes and 181 anti-Ukrainian crimes in Germany at the beginning of April.
12:11 a.m
146,000 Ukraine refugees in German schools
More than 146,000 children and young people who fled Ukraine have been admitted to German schools. In view of the ongoing Russian war of aggression, they needed “full support,” Federal Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP) told the “Rheinische Post”. According to the minister, integration into the education system is an enormous feat. She thanked countries, schools and teachers. In the coming school year, after initially “very pragmatic handling, compulsory schooling will have to apply everywhere”. Of course, one still hopes that the children and young people will return to their homeland as quickly as possible; “But we also have to adjust to a longer-term perspective here,” said Stark-Watzinger. Offers in Ukrainian are then “a good addition”.
12:01 a.m
144,000 integration courses for Ukrainians approved so far
According to a newspaper report, the Federal Employment Agency has so far approved 144,000 integration courses for war refugees from Ukraine. The “RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland” reported that 52,000 refugees had already started their course, citing a situation report by the Federal Agency. Almost 900,000 citizens from Ukraine have entered Germany since the beginning of the war on February 24. By the end of June, 353,424 Ukrainians had registered with employment agencies, job centers and other municipal offices. Of these, 265,153 were of working age between 15 and 67, more than three quarters of whom were women. At the same time, the family benefits now count almost 121,000 applications for child benefit, as it was also said.