With around 283,000 Ukrainian refugees having officially registered in Germany since the start of the Russian invasion, labour and social affairs minister Hubertus Heil – of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) – plans to help those who so wish to quickly find a job in the country. At a meeting on labour market integration, held on 30 March at the labour ministry in Berlin, Heil discussed practical issues related to this goal with the social partners and the Federal Employment Agency (BA).
The biggest exodus since 1945. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, some 3.8 million Ukrainians have left the country, most of whom are women and children. About 283,000 of them have found refuge in Germany but the real figure is likely to be much higher, as people with Ukrainian passports have the right to enter Germany without a visa for 90 days, and many have not yet been officially registered. “We are probably facing the biggest exodus since the end of the Second Worl
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