{"id":1548,"date":"2020-09-14T16:42:54","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T14:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/startseite\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T14:40:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T13:40:54","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-screen-reader-text\">Home<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull hasnopadding is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2a827f30 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-default has-base-color has-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-6845d250d0b13bab348ae83ef1dba4c9 is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3c9514c8 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:25px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-primary-background-color has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d19d86a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:25px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--s);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--s)\">\n<p class=\"has-xxl-font-size\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--s);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--s);line-height:1.2;text-transform:capitalize\"><strong>Our counseling services<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--content);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/for-refugees-in-berlin\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/arrow-small-right-white.svg\" alt=\"Ich m\u00f6chte beraten werden\" class=\"wp-image-4304\" style=\"width:122px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-default has-base-color has-primary-mixed-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-76c083fbcab8cb965a63ce1151bc36a2 has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-ef2a8ed2 wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:25px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-primary-mixed-background-color has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d19d86a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:25px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--s);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--s)\">\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-xxl-font-size wp-elements-0f3b5727c6ee21cfbaeee96d5768a349\" style=\"line-height:1.2;text-transform:none\"><strong>About the BNS<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--content);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/bns\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/arrow-small-right-white.svg\" alt=\"\u00dcber das BNS\" class=\"wp-image-4304\" style=\"width:122px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2a827f30 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-default has-base-color has-secondary-mixed-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d9e640a35225ee037e9dd90fdbbbf415 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-column-is-layout-1671d1b3 wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:25px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group home-counseling-services has-secondary-mixed-background-color has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d19d86a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:25px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--s);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--s)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-screen-reader-text has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4653e4d0bc6de06d9afb7ca62ec67b22\">BNS Counseling Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"readspeaker_button1\" class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\">\n    <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" title=\"To listen to the text, please use ReadSpeaker webReader\" href=\"https:\/\/app-eu.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=14400&amp;lang=en_uk&amp;readclass=home-counseling-services&amp;url=https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/\">\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-c00f5982\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We are the \u201cBerlin Network for Vulnerable Refugees \u201d (BNS). Together, the BNS organisations are committed to people who, according to section 21 of the EU Reception Directive 2013\/33\/EU, are considered persons with special reception needs. Our consultations are available in different languages. Our consultations are for free: You do not have to pay any money. Our consultations are confidential. We do not tell anyone that you have called us. We do not tell anyone what you have told us, unless you want us to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2008 we advise and support:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"line-height:2;font-weight:bold\" class=\"has-custom-weight wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/specialised-consultaiton-services\/kommmit-bbz\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5811\">Minors and unaccompanied minors (children and adolescents under the age of 18)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/specialised-consultaiton-services\/kommmit-bbz\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5811\">Young adults<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/specialised-consultaiton-services\/bzsl\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5809\">People with disabilities<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/specialised-consultaiton-services\/bzsl\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5809\">People with a severe or chronic illnesses<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/specialised-consultaiton-services\/bzsl\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5809\">Elderly people<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/specialised-consultaiton-services\/kub\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5812\">Pregnant women<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/specialised-consultaiton-services\/kub\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5812\">Single parents with minor children (single parents who are alone with children under the age of 18 in Germany)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/specialised-consultaiton-services\/kub\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5812\">Women who are alone in Germany<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/specialised-consultaiton-services\/kub\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5812\">People who experience violence<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/for-refugees-in-berlin\/xenion-and-zentrum-uberleben\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5824\">People who have suffered serious physical, psychological or sexual violence, torture or rape<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/for-refugees-in-berlin\/xenion-and-zentrum-uberleben\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5824\">Traumatised persons<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/for-refugees-in-berlin\/xenion-and-zentrum-uberleben\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5824\">Survivors of torture<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/for-refugees-in-berlin\/xenion-and-zentrum-uberleben\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5824\">People with a mental illness or a psychological disorder<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/specialised-consultaiton-services\/schwulenberatung-berlin\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5813\">LGBTI* Persons: gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans* and inter* people<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-style-default has-base-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-c077249ca848434c21dfdb86b3bcd7e4 is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-8ecafae9 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:25px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group home-questions has-secondary-mixed-background-color has-background is-vertical is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e8ddf4a2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:25px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m)\">\n<div id=\"readspeaker_button1\" class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\">\n    <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" title=\"To listen to the text, please use ReadSpeaker webReader\" href=\"https:\/\/app-eu.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=14400&amp;lang=en_uk&amp;readclass=home-questions&amp;url=https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/\">\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-default has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-xl-font-size wp-elements-8417e546b96a52dbacc54769c4e8ee0c\">Do you have any questions?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-xl-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Do you need our support?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We discuss your personal situation with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, we will look for solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We treat your information confidentially.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group home-specialised has-secondary-mixed-background-color has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d19d86a7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:25px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--s);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--s)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-35b47e0a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div id=\"readspeaker_button1\" class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\">\n    <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" title=\"To listen to the text, please use ReadSpeaker webReader\" href=\"https:\/\/app-eu.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=14400&amp;lang=en_uk&amp;readclass=home-specialised&amp;url=https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/\">\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-xl-font-size wp-elements-a5c309a8be6a6b8ecbb73e2258240e47\" style=\"padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.5\">For survivors of human trafficking, the following specialised counselling centres are available in Berlin, amongst others:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-m-font-size wp-elements-7472c9ef54870ad2b1acd0927ee990db\" style=\"padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.2\"><strong>Ban Ying e.V.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px\">Coordination and Counselling Centre against Human Trafficking<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ban-ying.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.ban-ying.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-m-font-size wp-elements-2db27983f5cafa4563746961272d61a1\" style=\"padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.2\"><strong>In VIA<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px\">Counselling centre for women affected by human trafficking<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.invia-berlin.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.invia-berlin.de<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-m-font-size wp-elements-41d9a581541fdb053f766398edbc9139\" style=\"padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.2\"><strong>SOLWODI<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.solwodi-berlin.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.solwodi-berlin.de<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group home-gzf has-secondary-mixed-background-color has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ee5c0f51 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:25px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--s);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--m);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--s)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-35b47e0a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div id=\"readspeaker_button1\" class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\">\n    <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" title=\"To listen to the text, please use ReadSpeaker webReader\" href=\"https:\/\/app-eu.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=14400&amp;lang=en_uk&amp;readclass=home-gzf&amp;url=https:\/\/bns.berlin\/en\/\">\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-xl-font-size wp-elements-3fdf75c9fe971d3a2a7576b3cd7352f8\" style=\"padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.5\">Additional Contact Points:<br>Health Center for Refugees GZF<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px\">The target group of the GZF are traumatized and\/or mentally ill individuals who have applied for asylum in Germany after fleeing their home countries. People who were exposed to political persecution or civil war threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gzf-berlin.org\/\">www.gzf-berlin.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignfull has-text-color has-primary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-primary-background-color has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--s);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--s)\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Our counseling services About the BNS BNS Counseling Services Listen We are the \u201cBerlin Network for Vulnerable Refugees \u201d (BNS). 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