Half of the Ukrainians of working age who fled to Germany in the first six months of the war with Russia have found employment three and a half years later, according to an analysis by federal migration and employment agencies released on Tuesday, reported dpa.
The report – carried out by the research institute of the Federal Employment Agency and the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) – showed that the employment rate of Ukrainians is still significantly lower than that of the total working-age population, which stood at around 68% in June 2025.
Search for nursery places
Due to travel restrictions for conscripted men, many of the refugees are women who have to care for their children alone.
In September 2025, only 21% of Ukrainian women with young children under 3 years old and without a partner were in employment, the analysis showed.
The report does not provide current figures on the number of self-employed refugees from Ukraine, but it was about 5.3% in 2023.
Many are "top-up" recipients
Since many Ukrainian refugees, especially women, are often employed part-time, the proportion of Ukrainian refugees receiving state benefits remains high.
As data from the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) shows, 41% of Ukrainian refugees with a job lived in a household that received additional benefits two years and nine months after their arrival in Germany.
The supplementary benefit receipt is particularly high in families with children, according to the report, which linked survey data with social security data from the Federal Employment Agency.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
