The focus is on refugee numbers: Vorpommern-Greifswald!

in Vorpommern-Greifswald, an important goal for refugees and asylum seekers from Eastern Europe, a total of 801 new refugees were registered in 2024. Of these, 580 is due to asylum seekers and 221 on Ukrainians. In the previous year 2023 there were still 1251 people-806 asylum seekers and 445 Ukrainians, such as Nordkurier . At the end of November 2024, a total of 1402 asylum seekers live in the district who receive services in accordance with the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act, including 290 Syrians, 202 Afghans as well as numerous citizens from Turkey, Iraq, Russia and Ukraine.

of the 801 people who came to Vorpommern-Greifswald in 2024 were 401 men, 87 women and 91 minor asylum seekers. A total of 69 men, 83 women and 69 minor refugees were counted from Ukraine in the same period. The district currently houses 6234 foreigners, including unaccompanied minor asylum seekers and Ukrainian citizens who live as part of the temporary protection. The costs for the accommodation and support of these groups were almost 14.2 million euros in 2024.

Current developments in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

In the past twelve months, around 2000 war refugees from Ukraine have come to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. This brings the total number of Ukrainians who have arrived in February 2022 to a total of 25,792 in February 2022, such as n-tv . The weekly number of new asylum seekers and refugees is currently between 100 and 130 people.

As of July 31, 2024, 7424 asylum seekers were still in the process in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which is a slight decline of almost 200 compared to the previous year. Temporary controls have been carried out at the borders to Poland since September 2023 to reduce unauthorized entry - 1727 cases were registered in the first seven months of 2024.

The recording facilities in Nostorf-Horst and Schwerin-Stern Buchholz are 77 percent occupied, and in the 62 asylum seeker accommodation of the municipalities, almost 7,600 people lived in a total of 10,725 possible places in June 2024.