Immigration and integration are hot button topics in upcoming European elections, with the far right driving the argument that Europe’s biggest economy, currently ailing, needs to take care of its own first. — Reuters picBERLIN, June 2 — Like a million of her compatriots, hairdresser Valentyna Vysotska fled Ukraine for Germany when Russia invaded. After a 10-month crash course to learn German, she found work, at a hair salon in Berlin.
“We have offered them integration and German classes. Now they must find work,” said the German leader.The cost of welcoming newcomers is certainly heavy — between 5.5-6 billion euros have been earmarked this year alone for Ukrainians.And there is a political imperative for Scholz’s government to achieve more integration success stories.
To take the sting off the far right’s arguments, the government recently moved to toughen rules for asylum seekers. “It is very difficult to find qualified personnel,” he said, pointing to Germany’s ageing population.“We learn German faster when we’re working because we are required to speak with our colleagues,” he said.Andreas Peikert, who runs a Berlin job centre, told the TAZ daily that the Ukrainians who have sought refuge in Germany are mostly women and children, but “we have too few kindergarten and school spots”.
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