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refugees from Syria at work at the workbench (archive picture) © Joerg Koch / Getty Images

the German labor market can absorb a large number of refugees in the opinion of the Federal employment Agency (BA). “350,000 refugees annually for the German labor market purely quantitative currently not a problem because every year create around 700,000 new jobs,” said BA CEO Detlef Scheele of World . A competition with unemployed Germans looks Scheele not normally. “For the group of migrants is too small.”

Last year, some 1.1 million refugees came to Germany. 350,000 corresponds to Scheele details of the number of recognized asylum seekers who are looking at this year training and work in Germany.

“The path to the labor market is long,” said the BA -Board. “It will not find any work, but many.” Especially refugees over 40 years had fewer opportunities. Anders see it from young people. “If we bring children and young people in the German mainstream systems quickly, they will be able to make a significant contribution to the skills shortage later.” He assume that ten percent of the refugees after a year to find a job, 50 percent after five years and 75 after twelve to 13 years.

About the qualification of refugees the BA previously know hardly anything. “We’re just at the very beginning of the competence assessment and work together with the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees intensively on the establishment of a professional development system,” Scheele said. be it, quickly match the qualifications of refugees with the requirements of the German labor market destination.