Help for refugees

People from other countries seek asylum in Germany for various reasons. Here you can find information about local support structures and services for refugees in Bocholt.

Aid for war displaced persons

The Russian attack on Ukraine has the world worried: people are fleeing out of fear and desperation, mainly women and children. Germany is also a destination within the European Union.

Many people from Bocholt want to help.

The city of Bocholt continuously compiles up-to-date information for humanitarian aid on the ground as well as for affected people displaced by war in Ukraine.

Status: 8/2022

Information for persons from Ukraine - first steps

People from Ukraine who have not yet had contact with authorities register in Bocholt at the Aliens' Registration Office. The foreigners authority registers these people. They give them a start-up certificate. This certificate states the address where these people have to report. This can be anywhere in Germany.

They can stay in Bocholt if their spouses or children already live here, or if they have a job here. All other people are distributed evenly throughout Germany. Please first make an appointment online at

https://termine.bocholt.de

Please select the area here:

Immigration Office/Immigration Office (Ausländerbehörde).

At step 3, please select "Counselling Ukraine" and enter the number of persons. You will then receive a proposed appointment.

The appointment will take place at:

Department of Public Order
- Right of residence -
Neutorplatz 3 (2nd floor left)
46395 Bocholt

At this initial appointment you will be registered with the registration office and can apply for a residence permit. In addition, you will receive further information on where you can receive support in the form of accommodation, subsistence and medical care, if required, once you have been registered under immigration and registration law.

Until they leave for their new place of residence, people from Ukraine live in Bocholt at Yupidu, Werther Straße 3a, Bocholt. They report to the social services there.

Telephone of the Foreigners' Registration Office: +49 2871 953-298

Telephone of the Asylum Benefits Department: +49 2871 953-787

In the case of homeless persons from Ukraine, the first step is to provide them with accommodation before they are processed under residence law. In these cases, please first contact the Social Welfare Department, Berliner Platz 2, 46395 Bocholt (Ms Papenkort, Tel. +49 2871-953 or +49 2871-787) by telephone.

In view of the still tense situation, the city of Bocholt will expand the capacities for refugee provision. In addition to the conversion of gymnasiums, priority will be given to examining vacant public spaces.

Thus, due to the special regulations for refugee accommodation according to the provisions of § 246 of the Building Code, it is possible to use areas in the external area under building planning law for the accommodation of refugees due to the emergency situation. In this context, a public area in the area "Auf dem Takenkamp" has come into focus .

Due to the acute emergency situation, the city of Bocholt intends to prepare a site here - for a limited period of time - for the accommodation of refugees.

The city of Bocholt provided information on this in two citizens' meetings on 28 February and 2 March 2023 in the community centre and distributed initial information letters to Biemenhorst residents beforehand (for information, see download).

"Questions and concerns, ideas and suggestions can be expressed openly," say Mayor Thomas Kerkhoff and First Councillor Thomas Waschki.