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OpinionImmigrants indispensable in many professions: 🌍 Integration into the labor market: Immigrants strengthen skilled workers in Germany! 💪
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Diakonie withdraws: New association aims to save integration project: Migrants who have integrated well in Germany help those who are new. That is the goal of ...
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Diakonie withdraws: New association aims to save integration project
Integration courses: Adult education centers accuse the federal government of "dismantling"
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Migration is expensive: The numbers contradict Bas-Satz: New figures on migration are further fueling the debate about basic income and the welfare state ...
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Migration is expensive: The numbers contradict Bas-Satz
Key FactsMigration Poses Long-Term Financial Challenges
May 11, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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  • Migration initially leads to significant social welfare expenditures before integration into employment stabilizes.

  • Five years post-arrival, refugees’ employment rate is about 50 percent, rising to 68 percent after eight years.

  • The unemployment rate among foreigners is around 15 percent, significantly higher than the 4 percent rate for natives.

  • Experts debate long-term impacts: some highlight high costs while others emphasize growth and labor market benefits.
  • Nobody is entering our social security systems.
    — Bärbel Bas, Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, said this in the Bundestag during a debate on migration and the welfare state.
Current figures: This is how many Ukrainian war refugees are working in Germany: Germany’s labor market continues to struggle with the integration of Ukrainian ...
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Key FactsEmployment Status of Ukrainian Refugees in Germany
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  • From 2022 to 2024, the employment rate of Ukrainian refugees in Germany rose slowly from 18 to 30 percent.

  • In contrast, Poland's employment rate for Ukrainians reached 78 percent by mid-2024, indicating faster labor market integration.

  • As of the end of 2025, about 1.33 million Ukrainian refugees resided in Germany, with over half aged between 22 and 59 years.

  • In June 2025, approximately 341,000 Ukrainians held social insurance jobs out of a total workforce of 34.9 million in Germany.
Federal government decision: Onay criticizes austerity measures for integration: Many immigrants will soon have to pay for integration courses themselves ...
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Canceling Integration Courses: Is Dobrindt Losing His First Power Struggle with the SPD?
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Syrians in Germany: What does the future hold for them?: In 2015, a particularly large number of Syrians fled their homeland to Germany to escape war, hardship ...
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New study proves high benefits of migration for the state budget: The fact that migration is costly is only half the story. According to a new study by economist ...
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Family reunification in the cabinet: Draft laws passed: The CDU/CSU and SPD have introduced the first tightening of migration policy. Family reunification is to ...
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Family reunification in the cabinet: Draft laws passed