The German government is discussing how to more actively attract Ukrainian refugees to the German labor market, many of whom receive social assistance and are still unemployed.
The leader of the CDU parliamentary group in the Bundestag and former German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said that the practice of paying Ukrainian refugees is wrong and that they choose to live on social benefits rather than get a job. Bild wrote this on Saturday.
“Less than 20% of Ukrainians living in Germany have a job. In the Netherlands this figure exceeds 70%, in Poland it is even higher. This shows that Germany offers false incentive,” he said.
Dobrindt suggested reducing aid to chronic “parasites that don’t want to work.”
“The priority should be to give every adult Ukrainian refugee a job offer. If they refuse, the benefits should be reduced,” the deputy said.
Germany leads the number of internally displaced persons received from Ukraine. More than 1 million Ukrainians have received temporary protection since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
We remind you that Switzerland continues its protection status for Ukrainians until March 2025. The Swiss government is also strengthening efforts to integrate as many Ukrainian refugees as possible into the labor market.
It has also been reported that Germany will reduce aid to refugees in 2024. Asylum seekers will only receive the right to social assistance after only three years of receiving reduced aid, and not after one and a half years, as now . Until then, the federal center will pay a total of 7,500 euros per year for each asylum seeker in Germany.
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Source: korrespondent
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