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Over 18,000 refugees have come from Ukraine to Germany

BERLIN

: Over 18,000 refugees have come to

Germany

from

Ukraine

so far and about 3,000 of them are not Ukrainian nationals, a German Interior Ministry spokesperson said on Friday.

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"But of course, people who are now fleeing the war zone can enter the EU, regardless of whether they are Ukrainian

asylum

seekers or third-country nationals," the spokesperson said.

He added that most of the non-Ukrainians had a permanent residence in Ukraine, which means they do not have to go through an asylum procedure.

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