Many people have made their way across the border in search of protection and safety. The city of Aachen has already taken in a large number of refugees arriving from Ukraine. They receive comprehensive support from the municipal integration managers. Aachen is a safe haven. However, the overload limit has been reached. From now on, the state reception center in Bochum will take over the cases of people arriving in Aachen.
Would you also like to help people affected by the war in Ukraine? You can find ways to do so on this page. The information will be added to on an ongoing basis.
"We stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine"
The conviction that Ukraine must be supported is based on the attitude that the attack on Ukraine is also an attack on our fundamental values and the European idea. Mayor Sibylle Keupen explained: "We, here in the border triangle, know from our everyday lives what Europe means. We must do everything in our power to defend these values."
"President Putin's war of aggression is a massive violation of international law and Ukraine's right to self-determination. The people of Ukraine have a democratically elected government, they have chosen their own path independent of Russia. The voice of this people must be respected.
Europe's strength is the community that was built on the ruins of the Second World War. The attack on Ukraine is also an attack on us, on what we believe in wholeheartedly: our fundamental values and the European idea. We, here in the border triangle, know from our everyday lives what Europe means. We must do everything in our power to defend these values ... We are a safe haven. Our doors are open to people fleeing war zones. We stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine."
Mayor Sibylle Keupen declared this on Friday, 25.02.2022, one day after the start of the war, at Aachen's market square on the occasion of a solidarity rally for Ukraine. In a broad alliance with the Aachener Friedenspreis e.V., the political parties and the DGB NRW Südwest, the City of Aachen had called for solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
Since the morning of February 24, flags of the Mayors for Peace, the EU and Ukraine have been hanging on the façade of the City Hall as a sign of solidarity.
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Questions and answers
Are refugees from Ukraine entitled to financial benefits?
If required, please contact the Department of Housing, Social Affairs and Integration (FB 56) by e-mail at sgbxii@mail.aachen.de, by telephone: +49 241 432-0 or in person at Schaler B in the administration building Bahnhofplatz, Hackländerstr. 1 (Mon-Fri 8 - 12 h).
Is medical care guaranteed in case of need?
The city of Aachen strives to ensure that everyone has access to medical care. Visits to the doctor and the supply of medication are also possible without health insurance cover. Please contact the Department of Housing, Social Affairs and Integration (FB 56) by email at sgbxii@mail.aachen.de or by telephone on 0241 432-0 before visiting a doctor and obtaining medication.
Is there a contact for medical emergencies?
In life-threatening emergencies, please call 112 directly. You can reach the European emergency number 112 free of charge from any landline or cell phone. You will be connected directly to the emergency services - police, ambulance, fire department.
How can Ukrainian refugees obtain a work permit?
A residence permit includes a work permit. To apply for a residence permit, please contact the Immigration Office of the StädteRegion.
Can children and young people from Ukraine attend a daycare center or school in Aachen?
To apply for a place in a daycare center, please register on the KITA-Portal of the City of Aachen.
Can students start or continue their studies at the RWTH in Aachen?
Information can be found on the RWTH Aachen University website.
Living
All information on accommodation options for refugees from Ukraine in Aachen.
Consulting
The City of Aachen's municipal integration management case managers provide advice to all people with a history of immigration or a refugee background. The content of the advice and assistance includes housing, work, financial support, language, health, daycare and school places. All discussions remain confidential and the service is free of charge!
Consultations in the administration building at Hackländerstraße 1 take place at the following times:
- Monday and Tuesday: 09.00 - 15.00 hrs
- Wednesday: 09.00 - 17.00 h
- Thursday: 09.00 - 13.00 hrs
- Friday: 09.00 - 12.00 h
Please feel free to get in touch! The case managers can also be reached by telephone on 0241 432-56640 or by email at integration_kim@mail.aachen.de.
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Childcare (0 to 6 years)
No daycare places at short notice
If you require admission to a daycare center, you can register in advance at www.kitas.aachen.de. You can also look at daycare centers in the vicinity and make a childcare inquiry there. Unfortunately, however, all places are currently occupied until the summer and it is only possible to accept an additional child from Ukraine in very rare cases
Open mother-child programs
In order for your child to be cared for in a daycare center, you must register in the KiTa portal at www.kitas.aachen.de. Under "Help" you will find step-by-step instructions in various languages. After registering, you can make inquiries to KiTas. Admissions generally take place on August 1st of each year.
Children under the age of 3 can attend day care. In small groups of approx. 5 children, the children are looked after by a childminder in their own home. These positions are provided in Aachen by Familiäre Tagesbetreuung e.V.: https://www.familiaere-tagesbetreuung-aachen.de/
Donations
Donations in kind for refugees in Aachen
Jutestun! Aachen
Easy-to-use internet portal where social institutions and volunteers can publish requests for material and time: www.jutestun.deFurniture donations
AHA 100 Möbellager Aachen-Nord
Alt Haarener Str. 100
52080 Aachen
Phone: 0241-164566
Don-Bosco-Haus - Projekt Emsig
Severinstraße 143
52080 Aachen-Eilendorf
Phone: 0241/978010
Sozialkaufhaus WABe e.V.
Freunder Weg 61
52068 Aachen
Phone: 0241-9494067
www.wabe-aachen.deDonations in kind for areas in Eastern Europe
Initiatives that deliver donations in kind to the affected areas in Eastern Europe can contact the city: helfen@mail.aachen.de. They will then be included in an overview list that will be published on this homepage.
DRK donation portal "Mit uns helfen"
You can make donations in kind and cash donations via the DRK portal.
https://mit-uns-helfen.deGemeinschaftshauptschule Aretzstraße
The school is collecting donations in kind for Ukraine between March 21 and April 1 under the motto "WE help". We are particularly asking for long-life food and hygiene articles. Please do not hand in any clothing!
Drop off daily between 8 am and 3 pm, Aretzstraße 10, main building, entrance on the left.RWTH and Aachen University Hospital
RWTH and AachenUniversity Hospital have launched a fundraising campaign to finance medicines, bandages and other medical products that are urgently needed. Transport is also currently being organized. Information and the donation account can be found on the RWTH Aachen University website.Ukrainian community Aachen
Collection point at Viadukt 7
Am Viadukt 7
52066 Aachen
Mon-Fri 12.00 -16.00
Sat 12.00-15.00
Tel: +49 0152 26144688
Info at:
www.ukrainer-in-aachen.de
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Mail: ukraachen.charity@gmail.comDonation accounts
Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, humanitarian aid has been particularly needed in Eastern Europe. There is an urgent appeal for donations. The City of Aachen is joining this appeal.
The major aid organizations have joined forces under the heading "Aktion Deutschland hilft". You can find more information about the donation alliance here: www.aktion-deutschland-hilft.de
The aid organizations Bread for the World, Christoffel-Blindenmission, DAHW German Leprosy and Tuberculosis Relief Association, Kindernothilfe, medico international, Misereor, Plan International, terre des hommes, Welthungerhilfe and the associated members German Doctors and Oxfam together form the Development Works Alliance. Donations are also welcome here: https://entwicklung-hilft.de/
Caritas Germany, the German Red Cross, UNICEF and Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe have joined forces in the Action Alliance for Disaster Relief. Information and the opportunity to donate can be found here: www.aktionsbuendnis-katastrophenhilfe.de
RWTH and the University Hospital have launched a fundraising campaign to finance medicines, bandages and other medical products that are urgently needed. Transport is also currently being organized. Information and the donation account can be found on the RWTH Aachen University website.
The Aachen children's missionary organization 'Die Sternsinger' is currently supporting Ukrainian children who are on the run. Further information and the donation account.
You can make donations in kind and cash donations via the GRC donation portal "Mit uns helfen" https://mit-uns-helfen.de.
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The city is currently looking for volunteer interpreters for German-Ukrainian or German-Russian who can be available between 8 am and 3 pm.
If you are interested: Please come to the Engagementcenter Depot, Talstraße 2, from Monday to Thursday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to register for volunteering - it is not necessary to make an appointment in advance.
Please bring your identity card or passport with you.
Mayor Sibylle Keupen asks for donations for the people affected
Tens of thousands of people have been affected by the demolition of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine at the beginning of June 2023. Entire villages were destroyed and farmland was flooded. The people affected have to make do without electricity and clean water in the middle of the war in Ukraine. There is also massive environmental damage.
In order to provide the greatest possible help, Mayor Sibylle Keupen draws attention to the Blue-Yellow Cross e.V. donation campaign. The German-Ukrainian association is providing emergency aid and delivering urgently needed relief supplies to the disaster areas - for example medical supplies for hospitals, drinking water filters and purification tablets, power generators, food and hygiene materials. The association, which is also active in Aachen, is appealing for donations.
Anyone wishing to support this initiative can do so via the donation account DE78 3705 0299 0000 4763 46.
Information is available on the Internet at www.bgk-verein.de/staudamm-hilfe/