Ukrainian refugees can benefit Swiss economy, says expert
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Most of the refugees are women and children. If Switzerland is to benefit from the women's skills in the workplace, it will have to solve a shortage of childcare places. Keystone / Peter Schneider
Switzerland can cope with a large number of Ukrainian refugees, and their skills can benefit the economy, says migration expert Thomas Kessler.
This content was published on April 3, 2022 - 15:51 April 3, 2022 - 15:51 swissinfo.ch/jc
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Refugiados ucranianos podem beneficiar a economia suíça, diz especialista
“The Ukrainian women will provide new impetus in this country,” he told the SonntagsBlick newspaper.“Especially in the IT sector, the Ukrainians are more advanced than Switzerland. In addition, it is normal in Ukraine for women to study natural sciences.”
Some 23,000 Ukrainian refugees are now registered in Switzerland and are eligible for a special“S” permit that allows them to work. Most are women and children, since men aged 18-60 are required to stay and fight the Russian invasion.
Kessler says the fact that there are many women and children will also“force Switzerland to finally ensure affordable childcare”.“The city of Bern has shown with day-care vouchers that this can be done without any problems,” he continued, adding that such models were now needed urgently in the rest of the country.
This echoes the concerns of Christine Schraner Burgener, head of the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM). In an interview with Le Temps on Saturday, she stressed the need to tackle a shortage of childcare places so as to get Ukrainian women refugees to work in Switzerland.
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