Ifo Migration Monitor: Decline in Numbers of Registered Refugees – Labour Market Situation for Asylum-Seekers Is Difficult

This article offers an overview of the development in the number of immigrants and asylum-seekers, as well as their qualification structure. The number of applications for asylum in Germany has been comparatively high in recent months. The number of registered refugees, by contrast, has fallen sharply. A central question is that of the education level of those asylum-seekers who are remaining in Germany. Non-representative information provided by the asylum-seekers themselves suggests that the share of those of who did not attend secondary school, or only primary school, is high. This information obviously corresponds to the expectations of companies.