Report: Language skills are essential in employment of Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection
According to a recent report, Ukrainians receiving temporary protection have been well received in Finland. Language skills play a key role in employment.
In general, Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection were satisfied with the services they had used in Finland. Of the Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection responding to the survey, 40 per cent said they had registered as unemployed jobseekers at public employment services. Slightly more than half of the respondents were satisfied with public employment services.
According to the Ukrainian respondents, the most significant obstacles to employment were deficiencies in language skills and education and the fact that their qualifications were incompatible with Finnish requirements. The most important factors promoting employment were the readiness to do any work and some, even basic, language skills.
Beneficiaries of temporary protection felt that they had been received well in Finland. Most respondents had not faced discrimination in Finland.
The report was based on surveys among Ukrainians receiving temporary protection, employers, employment services and organisations. Interviews and group discussions were conducted for the purpose too. Owal Group Oy carried out the report on behalf of the Centre of Expertise in Immigrant Integration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.
Summaries of the report in Ukrainian and Russian have been published as separate documents at https://urn.fi/ URN:ISBN:978-952-327-826-4.
Резюме доступно на русском языке по адресу https://urn.fi/ URN:ISBN:978-952-327-826-4
Короткий виклад звіту українською та російською мовами опубліковано за адресою https://urn.fi/ URN:ISBN:978-952-327-826-4
More information:
Report on Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection as Customers of Employment Services and in the Labour Market
Employment of Ukrainians