War in Ukraine: New housing estate near Erding takes in 12 refugees - call for donations launched
Created: 03/19/2022, 12:06 p.m
By: Jennifer Lanzinger
Damaged vehicles and buildings in Kharkiv city center.
Hundreds of thousands of people are currently fleeing the war in Ukraine.
© Pavel Dorogoy/AP/dpa
Twelve people fleeing the war in Ukraine find shelter in Neuching in the Erding district.
Since then, the hosts have been unconditionally helping the Ukrainians.
Erding - The war in Ukraine has been raging for more than three weeks, and numerous people have already fallen victim to Vladimir Putin's war of aggression.
Hundreds of thousands have fled since the beginning of the war.
Twelve people from Ukraine find shelter in Neuching in the Erding district.
The families from Upper Bavaria welcome their guests with full commitment.
A call for donations is now intended to help those fleeing.
Ukraine war: new housing estate takes in Ukraine refugees - call for donations launched
A total of twelve people have been finding shelter in the new housing estate on Kampelbach in Neuching in the Erding district since the beginning of March.
Among them six women, a young man, five children - including a baby.
While a couple from the settlement offered to be a host family through the Munich Refugee Agency, a resident took the initiative herself.
She too had registered, and the young woman, who herself was born in Kyiv, received a total of nine refugees at Munich Central Station.
Since then, a total of five households have been taking care of the affected people.
Since then, families from Ukraine have been accommodated on a private basis.
While the families had first arrived in their new accommodations after their flight, the people from Neuching took care of the bureaucratic things.
Registration with the city, a website that was set up immediately and a call for donations should enable the twelve people in the Erding district to get started.
You can find the appeal for donations here.
So far it is unclear when the expellees will be allowed to work in Germany.
There is also no information about the school enrollment of the children.
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Most of the time, the expellees fled to Germany with only a small hand luggage suitcase.
After their arrival in Neuching, the hosts made sure that all twelve people were equipped with the essentials.
But in addition to all the bureaucratic things, it is above all the emotional moments that bring the dramatic situation in Ukraine to Germany.
As one of the hosts from Neuching explains in an interview with
Merkur.de
, an 18-year-old young man is currently finding refuge in the new housing estate.
By the way: everything from the region is also available in our regular Erding newsletter.
A few days before his 18th birthday, his parents drove him to the border.
The young man reached Neuching when he was just 17 years old.
In doing so, he forestalled the general power of attorney in Ukraine, which bans men over the age of 18 from leaving the country.
And a 13-year-old teenager also celebrated his 14th birthday in Neuching.
However, without his father, who had to stay behind in Ukraine.
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In the meantime, the twelve refugees have settled in well with their hosts, given the circumstances.
The predominantly young people and their mothers find support among themselves.
The refugees and their hosts have already arranged to cook together over the past few days.
But in addition to all the financial support, the Neuchinger try to help the refugees with the German language.
With language books and the Internet, the start in Erding should be made as easy as possible for the Ukrainians.
One of the hosts from Neuching describes what is currently going on in the small new housing estate in Neuching in the Erding district as "unconditional solidarity".
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You can find more current news from the district of Erding at Merkur.de/Erding.