Many people from Ukraine still come to Saxony. So far, their accommodation has generally been successful. For further integration into the labor market, many initially lack the language skills.
Dresden (dpa/sn) – Around 200 refugees from Ukraine are currently arriving in Saxony every week. As the state directorate reported in a survey by the German Press Agency, more than 56,600 refugees have reported to the authorities since the start of the Ukraine war in February. Most of them found accommodation in the counties and the large urban districts. Only about 140 were currently temporarily in the reception facilities of the state directorate, it said.
According to the information, refugees from Ukraine usually receive a residence permit for two years. You can move freely in Germany. It is therefore not known how many of them left Saxony or returned to the Ukraine. They are allowed to pursue gainful employment, but according to the employment agency, this often fails due to insufficient German language skills.
Between the beginning of the war at the end of February and the end of August, 9,370 people from the Ukraine came to Leipzig. The city did not provide any further information. In Dresden there were a similar number, around 8,500 people. In July 67, in August 73 and in September 19 Ukrainians were newly added. Since the beginning of the war, 424 people who have been recorded have moved abroad, it said. Whether in the Ukraine or in another country, however, cannot be said.
A city spokeswoman said there was sufficient capacity to accommodate refugees from Ukraine. Nevertheless, because of the many people seeking protection who are now arriving back in Dresden, temporary accommodation is to be set up in the exhibition center from November. Because in addition to the people from the Ukraine, 255 other refugees from Turkey, Syria, Afghanistan, Georgia, Venezuela, Iran, India and other Asian and African countries have now been assigned to Dresden by the state directorate in two weeks.
Around 4,300 people from Ukraine have found a new home in Chemnitz since the end of February. “The registration numbers are slightly fluctuating,” it said. Currently, an average of around 80 people report to the residents’ registration office every week. Occasionally, refugees from the Ukraine are deregistering to go back to their home country. “We don’t know anything about the reasons,” the city said.
According to the Saxony Regional Directorate of the Federal Employment Agency, around 11,700 people from Ukraine were registered as unemployed with the agency or job centers nationwide in September. That was about 700 more than in August. According to the regional directorate, about one in four was a man and three quarters were women. One in ten was under the age of 25, and around three quarters were between the ages of 25 and 55.
“The level of education of the population in Ukraine is comparatively high in international comparison. In addition, women in Ukraine have a higher level of education than men,” said the spokesman for the regional directorate, Frank Vollgold. The main problem of the newcomers is the lack of German language skills. “The language is the key to integration into the labor market.” But only when childcare is secured, for example, can the mothers or parents take part in an integration course.
