Some 4,000 refugee children and teenagers who fled to Germany from Ukraine and other countries are currently not able to attend public schools due to a lack of available spots.
According to a survey conducted by German news outlet Spiegel, some 4,000 refugee children and teenagers are not being taught in public schools at the moment.
The survey, for which Spiegel said it contacted the responsible state ministries and authorities, found that four of Germany's 16 states are currently unable to accommodate all refugee children and teenagers in their school system. The problem is particularly pronounced in the city state Berlin and Germany's most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).
Almost 1,700 and more than 1,800 young refugees are on waiting lists in Berlin and NRW, respectively. The city state Bremen reported 130 girls and boys without a spot in a school.
In the state of Saxony, around 380 children and teenagers haven't been assigned a school yet -- among them are not only refugees, but also other newcomers, Spiegel reported.
According to the survey, the other 12 states reported minuscule numbers.
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200,000 Ukrainian children in school
As of February this year, more than 200,000 Ukrainian students were attending school in Germany, most of them in NRW (more than 38,000) followed by Bavaria and Baden Württemberg (29,000 and 28,000, respectively).
According to news agency dpa, there are a total of 11 million school children in Germany.
More than one million refugees from Ukraine were registered since Russia's invasion of Ukraine through May 23, according to UN refugee agency UNHCR figures.
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