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Nancy Faeser: »Many of the adult refugees are well qualified, they want to work immediately«
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Since the beginning of the war, many people of Russian origin have experienced rejection or even attacks in this country.
Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has now published figures that can provide an indication of the magnitude of this phenomenon.
Since the beginning of the war of aggression in Ukraine, more than 300 anti-Russian crimes have been committed in Germany, as the SPD politician told the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung".
Of the 308 registered incidents, 15 were acts of violence.
According to her, Ukrainians are also being attacked more and more frequently: 109 anti-Ukrainian crimes were registered, 13 of them violent acts.
This means that a total of more than 400 war-related crimes have already been registered in the past few weeks.
According to Faeser, the spectrum ranges from primarily property damage to insults and threats to bodily harm.
In view of these developments, the minister warned of a further deterioration in the situation.
"This conflict must not be carried into our society," she told the "NOZ".
“We always remind: This is (President Vladimir) Putin's criminal war of aggression.
It is not the war of the people with Russian roots who live here in Germany.«
More money for war refugees?
Minister Faeser also announced better care for the hundreds of thousands of people who are currently coming to Germany from the Ukraine – according to the federal police, a total of 307,000 war refugees since February 24.
At the federal-state summit on Thursday, she wants to ensure that the basic benefits for those who have fled are raised to Hartz IV level, she told the "Bild" newspaper.
"Many of the adult refugees are well qualified, they want to work immediately," said Faeser.
"For them, the job centers are better contacts than the social welfare offices."
The burden of financing must now be shared fairly between the federal, state and local governments, said Faeser.
She is "very confident" that a compromise will be found at the summit to support the municipalities.
The federal government offered to take refugees into the federally funded basic security system after three months.
The previous practice provides that refugees from Ukraine as recognized war refugees according to the Residence Act fall under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act.
They get less money than Hartz IV recipients.
According to the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act, a single person is currently entitled to 367 euros per month.
The Hartz IV rate for employable Ukrainians would be 449 euros per month.
Apr/AFP/dpa
