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Refugee children from Greek camps arrive in Germany as part of European aid effort
press release 31 July 2020
Twenty-two children in need of medical care arrived in Germany this morning as part of a European Union initiative to help children in overcrowded refugee camps. With the agreement of the Federal Government, Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer has decided to admit a total of 243 children in need of medical treatment, along with their immediate families, or a total of 928 people.
Ninety of them, in 22 families arrived today at Berlin’s Schönefeld Airport: 46 from Afghanistan, 3 from Cameroon, 3 from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 11 from Iraq, 7 from the Palestinian territories, 2 from Somalia and 18 from Syria. Of the children in need of medical treatment, 12 are below the age of seven, seven are aged between 7 and 13, and three are aged between 14 and 17. The children are accompanied by 40 adults and 28 siblings of whom 15 are below the age of seven, eight are aged between 7 and 13, and five are aged between 14 and 17. The families range in size from two to eight people and include two single parents.
The refugees who arrived today will be allocated among eight German states (Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Bavaria and Berlin), based on an allocation scheme agreed upon by the Federal Government and all the state governments. The allocation takes into account criteria such as family ties and specific medical needs.
