German leaders recently agreed on a €2 billion package helping states accommodate and integrate Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's war. But money is not the only problem.

The ISMU foundation reports that over 56,000 people requested asylum in Italy in 2021, more than double the number seen in 2020, when there was a sharp decrease due to the COVID pandemic.

Italian Interior minister Luciana Lamorgese said on Wednesday that about 850 migrants had been repatriated since the beginning of 2022.

UNHCR has reported that known cases of human trafficking from the war in Ukraine "are thankfully few", but "we are on high alert and warning refugees about the risks of predators and criminal networks."