China News Agency, Berlin, February 26. According to German media reports, the first batch of 210 Ukrainian refugees have arrived in the German capital Berlin.

As of the 26th, the Berlin Refugee Service had received 45 applications for asylum.

　　The Berlin-Brandenburg Broadcasting Corporation reported that as of the evening of the 26th, a total of 210 people had arrived in Berlin from Ukraine, of which 45 had submitted applications for asylum to the authorities.

According to reports, some of the Ukrainian refugees who arrived in Berlin came as a family unit, some came alone, and some were unable to return to Ukraine due to their stay.

Among the refugees are men who fled across the border before being mobilized during the war, according to the Berlin State Refugee Office.

Most of them arrived in Berlin by bus and car.

　　It is reported that about 45 refugees applied for asylum at the Arrival Centre on Oranienburger Strasse in Berlin's Reinickendorf district.

Most have not yet applied for asylum, living with relatives or acquaintances.

Many are waiting for the federal government to clarify their identity.

Currently the Berlin State Office for Refugees offers 1,300 places in around 80 accommodation, with more to come.

A separate arrival centre for Ukrainian refugees will open early next week.

　　Sascha Wagenbach of the Berlin State Office for Refugees said there was no asylum procedure for arriving asylum seekers and was awaiting information from the federal government on which rules would apply.

A decision is expected after this weekend.

　　According to the German "Times Online" website, more than 120,000 people have left Ukraine since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

About 100,000 people went to neighboring Poland, and thousands sought asylum in Moldova, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia.

Refugee organizations currently expect to generate as many as 5 million refugees.

　　As one of the places where Ukrainian refugees seek asylum, the number of refugees arriving in Germany is still in the minority.

Karl Kopp, European affairs officer at Pro Asyl, said it was not yet possible to predict how many people would arrive in Germany, possibly in the thousands, but possibly in the millions.

The group called on Germany to provide faster and easier help, that Ukrainian nationals already in Germany must have their stay extended in a way that reduces red tape, and Ukrainian refugees should be granted humanitarian residence permits.

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