Future of the Ukraine refugees: endangered services from April 2025!

Future of the Ukraine refugees: endangered services from April 2025!

Uelzen, Deutschland - The situation of the Ukraine refugees in Germany is again in focus, and there are comprehensive changes in the air. The Federal Government plans to no longer treat refugees from Ukraine separately from April 1, 2025 and instead to grant them asylum seekers. This decision, which was set in a coalition agreement between the Union and the SPD, turns the previous regulations upside down. According to this, asylum seekers are to take place instead of the citizens' allowance granted to date of 553 euros per month, which would reduce to 441 euros, such as [az-online.de] (https://www.az-online.de/wirtschaft/buergergeld-fukrainer-faechtlingen-droht-droht-droht-kuerzen-der- unde-zr-93805108.html) reports.

When integrating the refugees, you are on the brake. The slow access to the labor market is partly viewed critically by the amount of the citizens' benefit. The new government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) apparently sees a need for action and would like to make changes to the services for newly incoming refugees. But there is still no clear schedule or a draft law for the legal area change to asylum seekers. In addition, votes with the states and municipalities are missing for implementation.

consequences of the planned legal area change

The proposed regulation could have a significant impact on the performance claims, integration offers and participation options for the refugees. This shows that without exception or transitional regulations, serious consequences in the areas of labor market access, health care and accommodation can be expected. An example: There is no obligation to participate in integration measures in the Asylum Seekers Benefit Act (AsylbLG), which could make professional integration considerably more difficult. Accommodation in collective accommodation is planned for only 18 months, while citizen gowns in their own apartments are allowed to live, as the MDR.

There are currently around 1.25 million refugees from Ukraine in Germany. Around 2,000 new refugees were added between March and April 2025. A retroactive reduction in performance could affect up to 10,000 people, most of whom is not able to work. After all, the employment rate of the Ukrainians is given as 33.2 percent. The question of health insurance also remains uncertain, since the framework conditions of citizenship benefit to asylum seekers differ. In SGB II, claims for claims generally have access to statutory health insurance, while the AsylbLG only provides for a minimum supply, as Basilwissen.asyl.net illustrates.

criticism of the changes

The planned changes are broadly criticized. The left in the Bundestag sees the measures as a "symbolic policy" and plans to manage against it. The Greens also describe the projects as counterproductive and question the principle of equality. In contrast, the AfD faction, which welcomes the move to the asylum, expresses itself very differently, but insists that this should also apply to new additions. In the political discussion it becomes clear that the topic not only affects the refugees themselves, but also has far -reaching social and economic implications.

It remains to be seen how the situation is developing. The effectiveness of the new regulations and their actual implementation require a clear and transparent process, which includes as many affected people as possible in integration and at the same time ensures health and social care. This will also be crucial for social acceptance.