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A minister in Germany’s large southern state of Bavaria has warned the federal government of the risk that the relevant social services will be overwhelmed by the number of Ukrainian orphans arriving from the war zone. Family Minister Ulrike Scharf criticized the government in Berlin for categorizing groups of orphans who come with carers as unaccompanied minors, with the result that youth welfare offices and youth welfare services would be responsible first and would have custody over the children. “That is an outright overreach. They can’t manage it,” Scharf told dpa. “Our youth welfare faci…