In Germany, the “Turbo program” for employing Ukrainians has failed – Bild

The “turbo program” for employing Ukrainian citizens in Germany has failed.

This information is reported by Bild.

According to Germany’s Federal Court of Auditors, only 40% of Ukrainians who completed language courses this year received job offers through employment centers, yet fewer than 1% actually took these positions. Last year, none of those who were offered jobs accepted them.

The article suggests that one reason for this failure is that “employment centers accept, without further verification, the reasons given by individuals who reject job offers, labeling them as unsuitable.”

Currently, around 720,000 Ukrainians in Germany receive social benefits, including about half a million of working age. Monthly spending on these benefits amounts to approximately €539 million.

The opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has criticized Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government, noting that “more than two years after the war began, less than a third of Ukrainians are working in Germany.”

Previously, Bild, citing a study by the Federal Institute for Population Research in Wiesbaden, reported that Ukrainians in Germany are increasingly entering the workforce. The study showed that the employment rate among Ukrainian refugees nearly doubled, from 16% in the summer of 2022 to 30% by last spring. Additionally, 30% of respondents said they were actively seeking work.

Recently, President Zelensky stated that EU countries plan to stop social payments to unemployed Ukrainians, though this has not been confirmed by the EU.