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The employment program for Ukrainian refugees in Germany, Job-Turbo, showed disappointing results - according to the Federal Audit Office of Germany (BRH), only 20% of graduates of integration courses in 2023 received job offers, but no one got a job.
In 2024, this figure was increased to 40%, but less than 1% of graduates actually went to work - writes the German newspaper Bild.
Currently, about 720 Ukrainians in Germany receive social benefits, of which 500 are of working age. Every month, Germany spends about 539 million euros. From November 2022, the amount of assistance continued to grow, while the amount of payments at that time amounted to 445 million euros.
A number of problems in the employment of Ukrainian refugees are related to several factors - delays in integration courses, frequent refusals from them due to "health problems" without confirmation by certificates, and weak communication between employment centers and the unemployed. German job centers are required to offer new vacancies every six weeks after completing the courses, but in practice the period between consultations averaged 2023 days in 180 and fell to 2024 days in 115.
Claims that the vacancy is not suitable (“unzumutbar”) were also often accepted without evidence.
On October 31, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that out of more than 1,1 million Ukrainians who have found refuge in Germany, about 300 are not working or looking for work. He noted that many of them may return to Ukraine, as over time social support abroad may decrease or stop altogether.
