Displaced personsare persons who, as German nationals or members of the German ethnic minority, had their place of residence in the German eastern territories formerly under foreign administration or in the territories outside the borders of the German Reich as of December 31, 1937 and lost it in connection with events of the Second World War as a result of expulsion, in particular through expulsion or flight.

Late repatriatesare members of German minorities from the states of Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and the republics of the former Soviet Union. Because of the suffering inflicted on them, particularly as a result of the Second World War, the Federal Republic of Germany sees it as its historical obligation to accept these people in Germany. The largest number of ethnic German repatriates come from the republics of the former Soviet Union.

The Friedland border transit camp is the only initial reception facilityin Germany for ethnic German repatriates and their family members. The branch office of the Federal Office of Administration registers them on arrival and distributes them to the federal states.

Accommodation, care, support and forwarding is carried out by the Friedland border transit camp - Lower Saxony Center for Integration