Ukrain­ian refugees aged 65 and old­er fac­ing finan­cial hard­ship in Ger­many may qual­i­fy for Grund­sicherung im Alter, a social ben­e­fit designed to ensure basic needs are met dur­ing retire­ment years. This finan­cial sup­port is avail­able to those with tem­po­rary pro­tec­tion sta­tus under para­graph 24 of the Res­i­dence Act, pro­vid­ing a cru­cial safe­ty net for elder­ly […]

Find­ing afford­able hous­ing in Ger­many presents sig­nif­i­cant chal­lenges for Ukrain­ian refugees. The Wohn­berech­ti­gungss­chein (WBS) or social hous­ing cer­tifi­cate opens doors to sub­si­dized apart­ments, but nav­i­gat­ing the appli­ca­tion process can be dif­fi­cult when fac­ing lan­guage bar­ri­ers and unfa­mil­iar bureau­cra­cy. Key Take­aways A WBS cer­tifi­cate grants access to gov­­ern­­ment-sub­­si­dized hous­ing with con­trolled rent prices Ukrain­ian refugees with […]

Avoid­ing Legal Pit­falls and Work­place Exploita­tion Ukrain­ian refugees often unknow­ing­ly sign prob­lem­at­ic employ­ment con­tracts due to lan­guage bar­ri­ers and unfa­mil­iar­i­ty with Ger­man labor law. This cre­ates a seri­ous prob­lem: many end up in exploita­tive sit­u­a­tions with below-min­i­­mum wages, unclear terms, or ille­gal claus­es that Ger­man employ­ers know they can get away with. This guide address­es […]

Ukrain­ian refugees in Ger­many face a com­plex land­scape of legal pro­tec­tions, employ­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties, and social sup­port sys­tems designed to facil­i­tate their inte­gra­tion and well-being. Under­stand­ing Ger­man work con­tracts and ben­e­fits is essen­tial for Ukraini­ans seek­ing to estab­lish sta­ble lives in Ger­many while nav­i­gat­ing the coun­try’s com­pre­hen­sive but some­times intri­cate social secu­ri­ty frame­work. Key Take­aways Ukrain­ian […]

Find­ing your way in Ger­many as a Ukrain­ian refugee is a par­tic­u­lar chal­lenge, but also offers con­sid­er­able oppor­tu­ni­ties for care. The Ger­man health­care sys­tem offers com­pre­hen­sive sup­port for autism spec­trum dis­or­ders, and Ukrain­ian refugees with tem­po­rary pro­tec­tion sta­tus can access these ser­vices through var­i­ous chan­nels. Key find­ings Ukrain­ian refugees can access autism sup­port ser­vices through […]

Ulti­ma­tiv­er Leit­faden mit prak­tis­chen Tipps In Deutsch­land leben laut Sta­tis­tis­chem Bun­de­samt über 57 % der Bevölkerung zur Miete. Beson­ders für Neuankömm­linge oder inter­na­tionale Fachkräfte kann der Woh­nungs­markt jedoch kom­pliziert erscheinen. Dieses detail­lierte Hand­buch begleit­et euch Schritt für Schritt bei der erfol­gre­ichen Woh­nungssuche in Deutsch­land und bietet prak­tis­che Insid­­er-Tipps für 2024. Wichtige Begriffe rund um die […]