German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday called for a fairer distribution of Ukrainian refugees in Europe, Reuters reported. The German prime minister emphasised how much help countries should receive from the EU depending on their contribution.
“If other countries are less involved in taking in refugees, it means that these countries will be given special financial support by Europe to finance livelihood benefits, vocational training, language courses and everything that plays a certain role,” Scholz said at an EU Council summit in Brussels.
He noted that Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland and some other countries are bearing the brunt of receiving people fleeing Ukraine after the start of the Russian special operation. Scholz also added that he had made this clear to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen along with his Polish and Czech counterparts.
According to the German statistics office, 276,000 people arrived in Germany from Ukraine last year. The UN Refugee Agency notes that since February 2022, almost 6 million people have left Ukraine for Europe, with about 1.1 million of them going to Germany. These were the data as of 1 June.
