The German social system : more and more Hartz IV recipients from Bulgaria and Romania

Five years after the Opening of the German labour market for Bulgarians and Romanians has increased a newspaper report that the number of Hartz IV recipients from these countries and more than 150,000 and more than tripled. The "Rheinische Post reported" with reference to the current Figures of the Federal employment Agency.

Thus, the rate of Hartz IV recipients from Bulgaria and Romania since the end of 2013 had risen by over 2.6 percentage points to its current level of just under twelve percent of the working people from these countries. Among the immigrants from the 28 countries of the EU, a total of just under eight per cent refers, by contrast, unemployment benefit II.

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at the same time, the employment rate – the proportion of workers among all working Bulgarians and Romanians in Germany – by 25 percentage points to 60 percent. Among the migrants from all EU countries, only 55 percent are employed. According to the Figures of the employment Agency were employed, therefore, by the end of 2018, over half a Million Bulgarians and Romanians in Germany. This number will have quadrupled in five years. (AFP)

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