The head of the association of German regions (DLT) Reinhard Sager criticized the continuous reception of Ukrainian refugees. „With all the importance of solidarity with Ukraine, we raise the question whether so many people from Ukraine should come to us”, he noted in an interview with the newspaper Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung. "Maybe Poland would be willing to accept more Ukrainian refugees if it got support from the EU," he said. “The German government must urgently address this, instead of pretending that the migration crisis has long been solved,” said Sager.
The head of the DLT pointed out that many regions and municipalities in Germany simply cannot cope with the flow of migrants. "Integrating all these people is no longer possible," he says. According to him, “it is absolutely clear that if the number of refugees quickly becomes significant and does not decrease in the long term, there will only be more problems and they will have to pay for it.“
Over 1.1 million Ukrainian refugees are registered in Germany - more than in any other EU country.