Ukrainian refugees

Where do Ukrainians work and how much do they earn in Germany and the Netherlands?  

Some German politicians complain that a significant number of Ukrainians who received temporary protection in the country have not yet found work. The Jobturbo employment acceleration program helped attract six times fewer refugees to the German labor market than planned – only 33,000. Alexander Dobrindt, head of the Christian Social Union (CSU) party, called for the deportation of unemployed Ukrainians “to safe regions.”

The member of the Bundestag believes that the high amount of social assistance that Ukrainians receive due to the status of temporary protection, and not refugees, demotivates them from looking for work.

“Now, more than two years after the start of the war, the principle should apply: get a job in Germany or return to safe areas in western Ukraine. We need stronger obligations for asylum seekers. Ukrainians should actively cooperate with the authorities when it comes to before employment. A mandatory part of integration should be a job offer.” – stated Alexander Dobrindt.

The position of the head of the CSU was criticized by members of other political parties represented in the German federal parliament.

Martin Rosemann, an expert on the labor market of the parliamentary group of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), called Dobrindt’s statement about the deportation of refugees “populist nonsense”. In a comment for Bild am Sonntag, she recalled that many Ukrainian refugees in Germany are mothers with children.

“Obstacles for Ukrainian refugees at the beginning of their working life in Germany are the need to take care of children, which prevents them from working full-time. Also among the obstacles are the lack of language skills and the long time required for recognition of professional qualifications, confirmation of diplomas”, – notes Rosemann.

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The deputy leader of the SPD parliamentary group, Dirk Wiese, believes that the head of the CSU should be ashamed of such demands.

“Putin continues to bomb all of Ukraine, and Dobrindt wants to send there women and children who may have already lost their fathers at the front”, – says Dirk Wiese.

Omid Nuripour, head of the Soyuz-90/Green party, called Dobrindt’s words about deportation to “safe regions” an insinuation.

Statements that Ukrainians are coming to Germany because of social benefits erase the horrors of the war started by Putin. Of course, we need to attract Ukrainians to work as soon as possible. But proposals such as those made by the CSU do not help, but only harm.” – noted Omid Nuripour.

It is worth noting that in reality the situation with the employment of Ukrainians in Germany is somewhat better than the representatives of the CSU believe, since the statistical data used by politicians are somewhat outdated. According to survey results, conducted by the EWL Migration Platform and the Center for East European Studies of the University of Warsaw, in Germany 67% of able-bodied citizens of Ukraine have already found employment or are taking preparatory courses. Although the official statistics of the Federal Republic of Germany for 2023 show only 20% of employment among refugees.

 

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