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Some 4.2 million people who have arrived in the EU from Ukraine
are covered by a system giving all those fleeing the conflict
accommodation support, health care, education access and the
right to enter the EU job market.
European home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson said this
system needed to be extended by at least a year until March
2024, with those returning to Ukraine allowed to retain their
rights in case they needed to flee again.
The online job-search tool called the "EU Talent Pool" will
allow those displaced by Russia's invasion to upload their CVs,
which will be available to more than 4,000 employers, national
public employment services and private employment agencies.
EU employment commissioner Nicola Schmidt told a new conference
that five EU countries had joined the pilot, including Poland,
which is housing the most Ukrainian refugees, and called more to
join.
"For employers in the EU, who we know are facing labour
shortages across many sectors and in many different skillsets,
this can be an important resource which you can draw upon," he
said.
The pilot job-search tool, managed by the European Labour
Authority, is available i1n English, Ukrainian and Russian and
linked to the EU's cooperation network of employment services
with over 3 million vacancies.
Some 600,000 Ukrainians have entered the EU job market since the
conflict began.
(Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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