An online platform to help Russian refugees. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, more than 300,000 Russians have fled their country. How to continue to live and work elsewhere in Europe? In Armenia, in Georgia, in Turkey and in the countries of Central Asia, to help these Russians to emigrate, a group of opponents in exile created “Kovcheg”, “the Ark” in Russian. An online platform that assists this new diaspora to find housing, work and organize themselves politically to prepare “post-Putin”. Léo Vidal Giraud interviewed the creators of this support network.
In Europe, the labor shortage is felt everywhere on an aging continent where many citizens no longer want to exercise certain professions.
In Hungary, the unemployment rate is three and a half percent. It is one of the lowest in Europe! But the other side of the coin is the lack of workers. Across the country, tens of thousands of positions are available in all sectors. But where the needs are greatest, it is for low-skilled jobs such as cleaners or cashiers. And for good reason, Hungarians go to countries where they are better paid. Florence La Bruyere.
To Netherlands, the lack of workers is such – nearly 400,000 vacancies at the start of the year – that companies are devising all sorts of stratagems to attract employees and in particular to recruit elsewhere in Europe. This is how a month ago, the Dutch Minister for Employment and Social Affairs thought she had found a good solution to the lack of labor in her country, by suggesting recruiting in the French and Spanish suburbs. Antoine Mouteauin The Hague.
And in Italy, to solve the problem, Rome appeals to migrants. The government has just decided to train 3,000 refugees and asylum seekers to work in the construction sector, one of the most affected by the lack of manpower. Cecile Debarge.
The Turkey, this great agricultural and industrial country, has long understood that the millions of refugees – Syrians, Afghans or others – who are in its country are a good solution to partially compensate for the lack of low-skilled workers. And if it is a fact, the Turkish authorities struggle to recognize it, as the presence of these foreign workers is unpopular within the population. In Istanbul, Anne Andlauer.