The Senate will also discuss the topic of Ukrainian war refugees. Among other things, the impact on Berlin of the decisions taken at the Conference of Minister Presidents together with Chancellor Olaf Scholz last Thursday will be a central subject at the Senate meeting. The federal government and the German states had decided that war refugees would receive basic benefits starting June 1 - just like Hartz IV recipients. This means that, in the future, they will also be looked after by the job centers and no longer by the social welfare offices, which are currently heavily burdened in Berlin. Another important aspect is the assumption of costs by the federal government, which plans to support the states and municipalities with a total of two billion euros in 2022 for their additional expenses for the refugees. Berlin had repeatedly pushed for financial aid.