Ukrainian Refugees Want More Work In Switzerland

2023-01-23 02:07:11

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Ukrainian refugees and guest families in Murten, Switzerland, April 2022. © Keystone / Peter Schneider

Ukrainian refugees who have fled to Switzerland are keen to work, have a good level of English and almost three-quarters have a tertiary education qualification, a survey shows.

This content was published on January 23, 2023 - 11:39 January 23, 2023 - 11:39 Keystone-SDA/sb

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Over 70,000 people have fled to Switzerland from Ukraine and applied for“S protection” refugee status since February 2022.

An online survey of 2,000 refugees publishedexternal link on Monday shows that many of them are keen to work and are actively looking for employment in Switzerland.

The study carried out in September and October 2022 found that 36% of respondents said they were actively looking for a job and the same percentage said they were keen to work. In all, 27% said they had taken part in an employment programme or completed a training course and 15% said they worked in Switzerland. Of those who were employed - three-quarters said they would like to work more.

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