The Danish parliament is voting today on a law concerning Ukrainian refugees, and job opportunities await them.
With the arrival of Ukrainian refugees in Denmark following the Russian attack on Ukraine, the Danish government began working to enact laws that would facilitate the integration of Ukrainian refugees into Danish society, including obtaining employment and enrolling children in Danish schools quickly and without complications. Thus, it will be possible for Ukrainian refugees to gain a foothold in the Danish labor market very soon, it seems. The government is also working on the possibility of Ukrainian refugees benefiting from integration rules that allow them to learn Danish in language schools at the state's expense.
The government is working to win a parliamentary majority for a special law that would grant Ukrainian refugees the same rights as EU citizens. The government believes the law will be adopted today, and in principle, it will be in effect for two years with the possibility of extension.
The special law is a suspension of the usual asylum rules so that Ukrainian refugees can obtain a residence permit, live in the community, get a job, and children can go to school. The special law includes Ukrainian citizens and people who have been granted asylum in Ukraine, as well as dependent family members in the same household.
The purpose of the law is also to give Ukrainians a chance to work, and many companies in Denmark have already started advertising jobs and interviewing Ukrainian graduates.
According to TV2, Ole Høegh, an official from the Scandic hotel chain, stated that they have advertised over 100 jobs for waiters, cooks, and cleaning staff, indicating that companies need to
Skilled and unskilled labor.
On the Jobindex job portal, an initiative was launched to match companies' applications with Ukrainian refugees. CEO Car Danielsen commented: "We expect there will be many employers interested in hiring Ukrainian refugees. So we relaunched a site that was originally created when Syrian refugees came to the country.".
It is worth noting that, according to figures released by the Danish Immigration Service, 749 Ukrainians applied for asylum between February 21 and March 9.
