Young asylum seekers are more likely to complete an apprenticeship
Published: Monday, Nov 4th 2024, 10:00
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More than half of asylum seekers between the ages of 16 and 25 are now in training. That is significantly more than five years ago. Young mothers are the least likely to start an apprenticeship.
These are the findings of a new publication by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), as announced by the FSO on Monday. Specifically, 52% of 16 to 25-year-olds who entered Switzerland in 2017 completed post-compulsory education within five years. This figure was only 37% for those who entered the country in 2012.
However, there is a large gender gap: while only 34% of young women who entered Switzerland in 2015 started an apprenticeship, the figure for men was 54%. "Parenthood is likely to be an important reason for this difference between the sexes," writes the FSO.
When the Swiss Integration Agenda 2019 came into force, the federal government and cantons set themselves the goal of ensuring that two thirds of refugees and temporarily admitted persons in the aforementioned age group complete an apprenticeship within five years of entering the country, according to the FSO. The new FSO analysis now presents a detailed picture of the situation for the first time.
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