Their plane landed at Kassel Airport in central Germany.

They are to be distributed across nine of Germany’s 16 federal states, a spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry said.

Among the migrants are 17 sick children and one teenager, who are accompanied by their relatives, dpa has learned. The 18 families are to be provided with accommodation and medical care in Germany.

The ministry said they will face an “open-ended asylum procedure.”

Most of the relocated individuals – 54 – come from Afghanistan. Eight come from Iraq, another eight from the Palestinian Territories, seven from Syria and six from Somalia.

Eight of the children are 6 years old or younger; nine are aged between 7 and 13. The teenage boy is 15.

They are joined by 32 parents or guardians, as well as 33 siblings, all of whom are minors.

They were tested for the novel coronavirus before departing Greece and do not have to undergo quarantine.

The relocation took place after an agreement by Germany’s governing coalition in March to take in seriously ill children and their close relatives from Greek camps, where squalid conditions have been met with outcry.