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About 1.1 million Ukrainians have found refuge in Germany since Russia’s full-scale invasion of their country in February 2022. They are entitled to a welfare payment, known as Bürgergeld, or citizen’s income, of €563 a month. Couples receive €506 per person and children are eligible for payments of between €357 and €471 a month, depending on their age. The German state also covers costs such as rent, heating and healthcare. Above: A child refugee wearing a hair bow in the colours of the Ukrainian national flag at Berlin’s Hauptbahnhof central station.