After Upheaval in Syria: What the Domestic Labor Market Expects
"I think the assumption is wrong that there will be a large number of return trips," said AMS Chief Johannes Kopf when asked whether many returnees to Syria could pose a problem for the domestic labor market. "Especially people who are building a new life, learning the language and taking a job, are unlikely to return quickly," the head of the Employment Service (AMS) pointed out.
Syrians in the domestic labor market often work in the service sector
A look at the industries in which the approximately 4,200 Syrian women and nearly 19,800 Syrian men in Austria are employed shows a focus on different service sectors. To put the number of the nearly 24,000 employed Syrians in Austria into perspective, it should be noted that there are a total of 3.977 million employed people nationwide. The proportion of people from Syria is therefore only around 0.6 percent. All figures are from the AMS statistics for October 2024.
The majority of Syrian nationals are employed in specific labor market sectors such as car trade and repair (3,706). Almost the same number are engaged in the hospitality and catering industries (3,645) or in other economic services (3,612). Close behind is the manufacturing of goods (3,119). More than 1,000 people from Syria also earn their money in the areas of transport and storage (2,321), construction (1,571), health and social services (1,518), and other services (1,170).
Together with the asylum seekers who are not allowed to be employed, the number of people from Syria in Austria is close to 100,000. The Middle Eastern state has been in civil war for more than ten years and now the regime of Bashar al-Assad, protected by the Kremlin, is crumbling. How peacefully and democratically the country will develop after the current Islamic revolution is open, according to observers.
(APA/Red)
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