Migration - Bavaria sees progress for refugees on the labor market
The state government and the Federal Employment Agency (BA) believe that the integration of refugees into the Bavarian labor market is making good progress. In the meantime, 30,000 Ukrainians and 82,000 persons entitled to asylum from the eight most important countries of origin are employed and subject to social security contributions. This means that "nowhere else in Germany is their integration into employment as successful as in Bavaria", said Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) in Munich on Wednesday.
However, it is also true that a third of refugees from Ukraine and the eight most important countries of origin are unemployed. "So there is still a lot of potential that we have to use in view of the labor shortage," said Herrmann. The German government should no longer pay newly arrived Ukrainians citizen's benefits immediately.
Language and work are the two keys to integration into society, said Social Affairs Minister Ulrike Scharf (CSU). The head of the BA regional directorate, Ralf Holtzwart, said: "I expect everyone to contribute to the labor market within the scope of their possibilities." It doesn't have to be your dream job straight away, he said, as it is also possible to start and progress in a part-time job. He called on employers to give refugees a chance, even if they do not yet speak perfect German and do not fit the job profile perfectly. "We can provide part-time training and also finance job-related language courses," said Holtzwart.
There are currently 132,000 vacancies in Bavaria. The unemployment rate is only 3.3 percent, and only 8.2 percent for foreigners - both of which are the best figures in Germany. However, the integration of refugees into the labor market is a long-distance run, said Herrmann.
According to the BA, around 30,000 of the Ukrainian war refugees in Bavaria are in employment subject to social security contributions, 63,000 are receiving citizen's benefits, 49,000 are on language or integration courses or are underemployed and 24,000 are unemployed. The situation is better for people from the eight most important non-European countries of origin for asylum seekers - Syria, Iraq, Iran, Somalia, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria: 82,000 of them are in employment subject to social security contributions, 51,000 are receiving a citizen's allowance, 34,000 are on courses or underemployed and 23,000 are unemployed.
Read also:
- A clan member is punished here
- Traffic lawyer warns: Don't talk to the police!
- Will he be convicted as Jutta's murderer after 37 years?
- He also wanted to kill his cousin
- Joachim Herrmann, the Interior Minister from the CSU in Bavaria, praised the progress of refugee integration into the labor market in Munich.
- The state government and the Federal Employment Agency (BA) believe that Bavaria leads in integrating Ukranian and other refugees into employment and social security.
- Despite progress, a third of refugees from Ukraine and other countries are still unemployed, providing an opportunity for job creation, according to Herrmann.
- Ralf Holtzwart, head of the BA regional directorate, encouraged employers to offer opportunities to refugees, even if their language skills or job profiles may not fit perfectly.
- Social Affairs Minister Ulrike Scharf (CSU) emphasized the importance of language and work in facilitating refugee integration into German society.
- The Federal Government should consider rethinking the immediate provision of citizen's benefits for newly arrived Ukrainians, according to Herrmann.
- The success of refugee integration into the labor market in Bavaria is a positive development for the region, with many Ukrainians and refugees from other nations contributing to Bavaria's 132,000 job vacancies and 3.3% unemployment rate.
Source: www.stern.de
