Ukrainian refugees in Germany: who found a job and how much they earn

29 January 2023, 13:47 | Economy 
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In less than a year, Germany accepted more than a million Ukrainian refugees. Almost every fifth of the Ukrainian refugees has already found a job. Moreover, the number of employed refugees is increasing every month.. This proportion is significantly higher than among refugees from other countries, uamedia reports.. eu.

According to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, the vast majority of Ukrainian refugees are women (80%), almost half of whom (48%) have young children.

Do you need a language.

According to opinion polls, only 4% of respondents know German well, 80% know it poorly or not at all.. But half of all refugees regularly attend language courses. About 60% of them live on state assistance, and the social department pays for their housing.

According to studies, 34% of Ukrainian refugees want to stay in Germany until the end of hostilities in their homeland, 26% plan to stay here forever, 11% - for a few more years, 2% - for a maximum of a year. Others have not yet decided whether they will stay in Germany and for how long.

The level of education of refugees.

It is noted that the level of education of Ukrainian refugees in Germany is much higher than the average.. 72% of respondents have higher education, with 50% on average in Ukraine and 33% in Germany.

Despite the shortage of personnel in Germany, many refugees are faced with the fact that they cannot find work.

“The work is mainly for specialists who at least know German. As for working professions, for which demand is especially high, it is mainly men who are needed here - drivers, builders and others.. Ukrainian refugees are predominantly women. But many will be able to find a job in their specialty later, when they learn German and get used to the local labor market,” says Vasily Voskoboynik, chairman of the All-Ukrainian Association of International Employment Agencies..

Who do they work.

In the meantime, many Ukrainians are working as servants, cleaning, dishwashers, factories and farms with a salary of about 1.5-2 thousand rubles.. Euro. They are constantly looking for workers in warehouses and couriers-drivers (they can also be women with a driver's license) - salary 2-2.2 thousand euros.

Who is needed.

According to Oksana Morgun, a Ukrainian woman who lives in Berlin and works at a local recruitment agency, Germany is in dire need of nurses, tilers, plumbers, electricians and packers.. The country also has jobs for drivers, nurses and builders.

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Earlier it was reported that refugees from Ukraine last year paid about eight billion Czech crowns to the state budget of the Czech Republic..

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