FILE PHOTO: Refugees from Ukraine walk on a platform after they left a train from Warsaw, Poland, at Berlin's Hauptbahnhof central station, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Berlin, Germany March 29, 2022. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is earmarking an additional 2.4 billion euros ($2.40 billion) this year to cover the financial expenses of caring for Ukrainian refugees in the country, Labour Minister Hubertus Heil was quoted as saying by RND newspaper group.
Heil said around 800,000 people from Ukraine have sought refuge in Germany so far, of which 30% are under the age of 14.
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