Labor market: Refugee men find jobs more quickly than women

The number of male refugees fell by 16.6 percent compared to the same month last year. Among women, however, the number of unemployed rose by 0.6 percent. A similar pattern can be seen among those entitled to subsidiary protection: here the number for men fell by 37.3 percent, while for women it only fell by 0.5 percent.

As far as origins are concerned, they are scarce 51 percent of those registered as unemployed are Syrianswhich of course also represented by far the largest refugee group in recent years. They are followed by Afghan and Somali citizens. It should be noted that a particularly sharp decline in the number of unemployed was recorded among Syrians, at just over 21.5 percent.

Women more often unemployed

For all large refugee groups, statistics show that females have a harder time in the labor market. So were scarce last year 44 Prozent der Syrerinnen unemployed, but only a good 30.5 percent of Syrians are unemployed. The numbers are even more stark among Afghans, where almost twice as many women (36 percent) are affected by unemployment than men.

In 2025, people from the six most important refugee migration countries of origin worked primarily in the Accommodation and gastronomy (15,500). This is followed by trade (12,000) and the production of goods (10,100).