{"id":2777,"date":"2025-10-19T21:14:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=2777"},"modified":"2025-10-19T21:14:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:14:46","slug":"hungarians-ukrainian-passports-germany-refugees-fraud-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/hungarians-ukrainian-passports-germany-refugees-fraud-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungarians with dual citizenship posed as Ukrainian refugees in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"706\">Hundreds of cases of abuse of Ukrainian refugee status are being investigated<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"1020\">German authorities are investigating <strong data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"762\">hundreds of cases of fraud<\/strong> by Hungarian citizens who have <strong data-start=\"799\" data-end=\"851\">dual citizenship - Ukrainian and Hungarian<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"852\" data-end=\"855\" \/>As reported by <em data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"875\">Welt<\/em>, these persons <strong data-start=\"886\" data-end=\"937\">registered in Germany as Ukrainian refugees<\/strong>, to receive social payments and benefits provided for war victims.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1025\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1044\">How the scheme worked<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1046\" data-end=\"1412\">According to German authorities, Hungarians living in the border regions of Transcarpathia, <strong data-start=\"1133\" data-end=\"1172\">used Ukrainian passports<\/strong> to cross the border and register as displaced persons.<br data-start=\"1228\" data-end=\"1231\" \/>Having been granted refugee status, they <strong data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1344\">applied for assistance with housing, health insurance and monthly payments<\/strong>, After that, they returned to Hungary or stayed in the EU illegally.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1414\" data-end=\"1417\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1419\" data-end=\"1435\">Government response<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1572\">German migration services have already <strong data-start=\"1468\" data-end=\"1501\">Hundreds of suspicious applications have been identified<\/strong>, especially in the federal states <strong data-start=\"1533\" data-end=\"1569\">Bavaria, Saxony and Brandenburg<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1573\" data-end=\"1741\">\n<p data-start=\"1575\" data-end=\"1741\">\u00abWe are dealing with an organised scheme where documents and origins are used to illegally obtain benefits,\u00bb the <em data-start=\"1703\" data-end=\"1709\">Welt<\/em> one of the police officers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr data-start=\"1743\" data-end=\"1746\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1748\" data-end=\"1771\">Hungary does not comment<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1773\" data-end=\"2137\">Official Budapest <strong data-start=\"1792\" data-end=\"1820\">until he provided clarifications<\/strong> regarding the incident, although it is the policy of dual citizenship for residents of Transcarpathia that has long been a source of controversy between Ukraine and Hungary.<br data-start=\"1956\" data-end=\"1959\" \/>Experts suggest that the case may become <strong data-start=\"2002\" data-end=\"2027\">an interstate issue<\/strong> between Germany, Hungary and Ukraine, as it is about <strong data-start=\"2084\" data-end=\"2136\">massive abuse of Ukrainian refugee status<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0420\u043e\u0437\u0441\u043b\u0456\u0434\u0443\u044e\u0442\u044c \u0441\u043e\u0442\u043d\u0456 \u0432\u0438\u043f\u0430\u0434\u043a\u0456\u0432 \u0437\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0436\u0438\u0432\u0430\u043d\u044c \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0441\u043e\u043c \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0431\u0456\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0446\u0456\u0432 \u041d\u0456\u043c\u0435\u0446\u044c\u043a\u0430 \u0432\u043b\u0430\u0434\u0430 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