Munich (dpa/lby) - Since the beginning of the war, at least around 159,000 Ukrainians have fled to Germany via Bavaria and have been registered here by the police. Currently, 500 to 800 people are arriving per day, in the past three days there have been 2212, said the head of the Bavarian State Chancellery, Florian Herrmann (CSU) on Tuesday after a meeting of the Bavarian cabinet in Munich. Nationwide, around 453,000 people have been identified, so as in the past few months, around a third of those who have fled to Germany continue to arrive in the Free State.
A total of 6.7 million people have fled abroad from Ukraine since the start of the Russian attack, Herrmann said. Most, around 3.5 million, went to Poland. In Bavaria, the situation is currently "manageable". Almost 44,000 people have been accommodated in this country, and distribution within Germany is now much better, with around 17.49 percent of the refugees staying in Bavaria. Most of the refugees are women (60 to 70 percent), almost 40 percent are minors. However, there is neither an obligation for Ukrainians to register after arrival nor a requirement to deregister before leaving the country.
The uncertain gas supply from Russia and the extreme increase in energy prices since the beginning of the war continue to cause concern, said Herrmann. Although the uncertain situation and prospects are causing uncertainties such as high inflation, the economy is developing better than initially thought. Important economic indicators have stabilized somewhat again and export expectations have increased again in May. It is also gratifying that the number of unemployed in Germany, as in Bavaria, has continued to fall. Compared to May a year ago, the unemployment rate fell from 3.6 to 2.8 percent.
