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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Riham Alkousaa

Berlin better prepared to handle Ukraine refugees after lessons of 2015

Ukrainian refugees Svitlana Musiy and her son Sasha play together after they are hosted in a Berlin family's private flat following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Berlin, Germany, March 4, 2022. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Scenes of Ukrainian refugees arriving at Berlin railway station and Germans on the platforms waving welcome signs have stirred memories of the massive influx of mostly Middle Eastern asylum seekers who came in 2015.

But this time, thanks largely to the lessons learned seven years ago in taking in more than one million people, Germany is better prepared to take in the Ukrainians now fleeing Russia's invasion of their country, humanitarian aid workers said.

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