Integration from Ukraine: Focus on labor market access and language barriers
Integration from Ukraine: Focus on labor market access and language barriers
Steiermark, Österreich - The labor market situation for refugees Ukrainians in Austria shows significant challenges. According to the current status, the unemployment rate was among these people at the end of 2024 with alarming 16.9 percent, compared to only 7.0 percent for the Austrian average. Language barriers and the recognition of foreign educational qualifications often make access to the labor market more difficult. Sandra Kern, head of the AMS Lower Austria, refers to the difficulties associated with getting used to in a foreign country, where often nobody is known. Despite these hurdles, a recent ÖIF study shows that 43.7 percent of Ukrainian refugees are actually employed in this country and that there is a high willingness to take up work.
education and integration as a key
An important element for integration is language acquisition. By mid-2023, over 300,000 Ukrainians started integration and language courses in Germany, as the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees reported. The mediation in qualification -adequate professions is increasingly crucial for a sustainable life perspective. Despite the fact that the employment rate in Germany is comparatively low in a European comparison, this results from the extensive training measures that are offered here. There are positive developments in Austria: 11.2 percent of Ukrainian refugees now have very good knowledge of German, which also has a positive effect on their life satisfaction.
Another aspect is the legal situation. Ukrainians, who have been enjoying protection in Austria since March 2022, have extensive rights by March 2026, including access to the living and labor market as well as social services. For many, as it was found in Tyrol, integration is positive, and more than 70 percent rate the coexistence as successful. Nevertheless, the long -term prospect of staying remains with uncertainties, since only 3 percent of the respondents have expressed specific return plans. The situation in Ukraine and the associated challenges for the integration of refugees into society are still important to observe, not least with regard to the demographic development in Germany, which brings an increasing need for workers, as Erhalten Sie täglich die neuesten Artikel aus der Kategorie Arbeitsmarkt.
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