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Hanover (dpa) - For the time being, the last time an aircraft is supposed to bring people in need of protection from Greek refugee camps to Germany this Thursday.
About a year ago, on April 18, 2019, 47 children and young people landed for the first time from the hopelessly overcrowded Greek refugee camps on the Aegean islands of Samos, Chios and Lesbos.
Lower Saxony Interior Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) said that it was possible to get almost 3,000 people out of the miserable conditions in the camps on the Greek islands: “Germany should take the lead on this issue, especially in view of the current circumstances in the camps, especially after the devastating one Fire last September, "said Pistorius of the German press agency.
Germany took in the vast majority of the people brought from the Greek islands.
Pistorius emphasized that this fact would have to play a role in Germany's further engagement.
"It is now important not only to do something yourself, but also to remind the other European countries of their humanitarian obligations."
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A year ago, unaccompanied minors were first taken from the refugee camps, then children in need of treatment with their family members and finally people recognized as in need of protection in Greece, according to the Ministry of the Interior in Hanover.
Germany took in a total of 53 unaccompanied minors.
16 of them stayed in Lower Saxony.
They were admitted to enable them to carry out an asylum procedure in Germany.
The children and adolescents who arrived in Lower Saxony in April last year were cared for in a suitable location for a two-week quarantine and received medical and psychological help.
Then they were placed in the care of youth welfare offices in Lower Saxony and other federal states.
There, child welfare-friendly accommodation was provided in suitable facilities or with suitable people.
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243 children in need of treatment and their family members - a total of 1035 people - were brought to Germany.
71 of them remained in Lower Saxony.
The initial reception facilities of the federal states were initially responsible for these people.
The federal government had also promised to take in a further 1,553 people in Greece recognized as in need of protection.
That's 408 families.
Before they were distributed to the federal states, they were mainly recorded centrally in Lower Saxony in the Friedland transit camp.
According to the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior, your admission will be completed with the last flight from Greece this Thursday.
As of the beginning of this week, 1,423 people were admitted from this contingent, of which 207 remained in Lower Saxony.
According to the ministry, Lower Saxony has taken in 329 people from Greece.
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