Of the approximately 2,800 refugees from Ukraine in the districts of Tübingen and Reutlingen, about 50 have found a job. The majority of the remaining women and men are still attending language courses or doing internships. This is according to a statement by the Reutlingen employment agency. According to the report, about 1,500 refugees from Ukraine live in the Reutlingen district and 1,300 in the Tübingen district.
“The refugees are well educated and almost all have a school-leaving certificate. About 25 percent are university graduates,” says Oliver Kerl, chairman of the management board of the Reutlingen Employment Agency. Nevertheless, integration into the labour market takes time. In qualified professions, job-related language training is often necessary after the integration course. In addition, degrees have to be recognised. And there are still long waiting lists for language courses, Kerl continues. The employment agencies focus on placing the refugees according to their qualifications.
Nationwide, 143,000 refugees from Ukraine have found a job that is subject to social security contributions. Another 35,000 work in a mini-job. This is reported by Mediendienst Integration. According to the report, women are less likely to be employed than men, which is related to the fact that they often have small children. Only three percent of mothers with children under the age of three are employed. A total of 1,074,864 refugees from Ukraine were registered in Germany in July. According to the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), 18 per cent of the refugees from Ukraine aged between 18 and 64 have found a job in Germany.
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Die Agentur für Arbeit in Reutlingen. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL / Martin Klaus.
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