00:00Learning German for free to settle in?
00:03A thing of the past for many new arrivals in Germany.
00:06The federal government is facing criticism
00:08after cutting down on voluntary integration courses
00:11like this one for immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees.
00:14Of course, this course is important for the profession.
00:19After the course, I would like to work here in Germany.
00:24If you learn no language, then you won't take the money.
00:28The courses teach immigrants how to speak German
00:31and help them navigate daily life in the country.
00:33Now only people likely to receive permanent residency
00:36can join the courses free of charge.
00:38The government argues it wants to focus on them and save money.
00:42All others have to pay.
00:43It costs up to 2,300 euros to reach an intermediate language level.
00:48Most can't afford that.
00:49For these people, it means that they have no opportunity
00:54to find good work.
01:02Refugees from war-torn Ukraine in particular will be affected by the cuts.
01:06Each month, several thousand such people come to seek refuge in Germany.
01:10Oleksii Pelopetski was lucky to get his funding approved right before the cut.
01:32The shortage comes at a time when Germany needs skilled workers.
01:36But without the language, it's nearly impossible to enter the country's labour market.
01:39Integration courses have been key to this.
01:42Oh no language can't come here.
01:43Gerade in the work.
01:46In the workplace.
01:46In the workplace.
01:48On the workplace.
01:48in the workplace.
01:49as children planning. The
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