Thousands of refugees from Ukraine arrive in Berlin every day. A lot of work for Berlin’s social welfare offices. A comment from BZ editor Hildburg Bruns.
Employees at the social welfare office in Pankow are as touching as a candy pilot these days. On a table in the hall they have piled up juices and sweets for their small and large customers from Ukraine.
You bought the things yourself and keep adding more. God knows that’s not a matter of course in such an office, where 12, 13 hours of work is currently often the case.
A young Ukrainian in a yellow waistcoat dashes from one person waiting to the next, giving advice and translating. Meanwhile, little miracles of effectiveness happen behind the closed doors.
Because after a few hours of waiting, many leave with a bundle of concrete help: a payment card with emergency aid for March/April (330 euros/month), Berlin pass for cheaper tickets, registration with a health insurance company, account application.
THANK YOU for this help and the overtime.