Refugees in Germany Redefining Processes and Instruments of Labour Market Integration

Transcription

1 October 2015 Refugees in Germany Redefining Processes and Instruments of Labour Market Integration EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE Brussels, (Please note, that all measures and numbers are in a state of flux, meaning they are only temporarily valid)

2 STARTING POSITION Three Central Challenges for Society and Administration due to the Sharp Increase of Asylum Applications The sharp increase of asylum applications in Germany causes significantly higher demands on development of number of asylum applications 1 (first and subsequent application) in thousands, x x 1 registration and accommodation (infrastructure) claiming asylum (processing procedure) According to his statement on 14 th of September 2015, Politician Sigmar Gabriel is expecting 1,000,000 refugees to arrive in integration into training and employment (processes of integration and placement) 1 BAMF Current numbers of asylum, July BMI s forecast of numbers of asylum seekers and refugees, August Letter of Sigmar Gabriel to members of SPD on September 14, 2015 Source: BAMF, BMI, BA Seite 2

3 STARTING POSITION The Current Forced Migration to Germany will have Sustainable Effects for the BA projection increase of unemployed refugees number (Social Security Code II and III) 1 projection additions of people able to work and entitled to benefits ,000 to 158,000 unemployed refugees in ,000 to 429,000 additions within the area of minimum income benefit in 2016 forecast qualification of unemployed refugees in per cent 81% 11% 8% without a formal qualification with a completed vocational training with an academic education 1 Assumptions financial area of the BA: access quota unemployment insurance 20% / 50%, rate of outflow minimum income benefit 35% / 12% 2 Based on historic data about unemployed possessing a nationality of migrants home countries for which information regarding qualifications is available (August 2015) Source: BAMF, statistics of the BA, financial area of the BA (status: August 2015) Seite 3

4 CURRENT INITIATIVES OF THE BA The BA already Responds to the Increasing Demands by Setting in Place Projects on the Employers Side The initiatives of the BA in the area of refugee integration Project Early Intervention at 9 locations in Germany: identification of talents and placement in employment or vocational training estimate of approx. 6,500 integrations via trial positions/training programmes in companies Hamburg Bremen Münster Berlin Münster Dortmund Dresden Dortmund Köln Arthur H. (42, Armenien). Das Early Intervention-Programm entdeckte den gelernten Steinfasser und vermittelte ihn in Münster als Mitarbeiter in einer Goldschmiede Abdoulaye N. (40, Niger). Über das Early Intervention-Programm entdeckt arbeitet er heute als Vermittlungsfachkraft für Flüchtlinge in der Agentur für Arbeit in Dortmund a lot of regional initiatives, g. e. g. project StellA with the current result of 40 refugees integrated in employment, 5 refugees integrated in vocational training Freiburg Augsburg Abdulnasir A. (27, Syrien). Über das Projekt StellA wurde er in Maßnahme beim Arbeitgeber (KFZ-Betrieb) aufgenommen, mittelfristig hat er Ausbildung als KFZ-Mechatroniker in Ausblick Seite 4

5 CURRENT INITIATIVES OF THE BA as well as Setting in Place Joint Projects with Employers and Partners Numerous joint initiatives with employers Numerous SMEs and large companies are addressing the fostering and integration of refugees in a proactive manner or are planning future initiatives Initiatives across organisations Projekt LOTSE Team 180 Projekt IDA All participants in the Lotsenhaus for refugees in Koblenz under one roof (from the end of 2015 on) Guidance and integration of asylum seekers at Employment Agency and directly at the BAMF in Berlin Measures concerning language acquisition as well as professional integration for 106 asylum seekers Seite 5

6 INTER-INSTITUTIONAL COOPERATION Aiming to intertwine processes of the BA and the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) Federal States Federal Government Local Authorities Arrival/ first contact Accommodation Civil Society Seite 6

7 PERSONNEL, FINANCIAL AND LEGAL DEMANDS Personnel and Financial Support are Important Success Factors for the Activities Staff Requirement recruitment of additional specialists for integration, careers advisors and specialists for the granting of benefits increase of specialist consultants in the field of rehabilitation for supporting traumatised refugees increase of assistants in entrance areas and for case processing Increase of personnel capacity Social Security Code II of 2,800 1 labour forces for the full year, Social Security Code III of (2016) Financial Requirement increased demand for expenditures in the area of minimum income benefit in order to increase funds earmarked for integration and administrative budget by 640 mio. Euros in 2016 increased demand for funds earmarked for integration in the area of unemployment insurance of 150 mio. Euros in 2016 increased demand for staff in the area of unemployment insurance of 65 mio. Euros in 2016 At least 855 mio. Euros additional expenditure (2016) 3 1 2,000 positions and 800 authorisations 2 In addition to the already assigned 200 labour forces for a full year, personnel capacity shall be increased by 500 labour forces for a full year 3 The budgets do not include expenditures on passive benefits Seite 7

8 PERSONNEL, FINANCIAL AND LEGAL DEMANDS... as well as the Adjustment of the Political Framework Simplified access to the labour market Temporary waiver of the priority review ( Vorrangsprüfung ) Opening of temporary work Framework conditions already addressed to the Federal Ministry for Labour and Social Affairs Extension of qualification offers Cooperation with network partners Possibility of language training before the decision on the asylum application Approval of early supportive benefits regarding placement and training Nationwide guarantee for school attendance of young refugees no later than 3 months after having applied for asylum Creation of legal conditions concerning the exchange of data between BAMF, AA/JC, Aliens Authority, municipalities and states Seite 8

9 MEASURES OF THE BA AND THE BAMF Language Training for Labour Market Qualification Challenge Solution PRELIMINARY ESTIMATION Late start language learning > 3 month between the arrival in EAE and the language learning supported by Bund New format entry course First language training and orientation in every day life still in EAE Flexibility and integrability by modular arrangement Requirement for at least ~ asylum seekers still in 2015 Rising demand in integration courses +50,000 already planned expansion of capacities 2016; in addition to expansion 2015 Enlargement supply capacity Increase of the offer concerning already planned expansion of capacitiy is necessary and possible with new and current providers Seite 9

10 red thread through all modules using the example of a Syrian family INTERNAL MEASURES OF THE BA Training of 3,000 Employees by the End of 2015 separate implementation of the detailed modules Envisaged approx. 1 net day Module 0 (= module for basics): asylum general principles and responsibilities (basis for modules 1-3) + + Module 1: asylum intercultural sensitivity approx. 1 net day Module 2: approx. 1 net day asylum professional and legal bases part one focus placement (approx. 1 net day) part two focus processing (approx. 1 net day) + Module 3: asylum networking approx. 1 net day Seite 10

11 The integration of refugees offers an opportunity for BA and society as a whole. Therefore, all involved actors must stand shoulder to shoulder to each other. Seite 11