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'They must find work': Germany pushes jobs for Ukraine refugees

A customer gets her hair cut by Valentyna Vysotska, hairdresser and refugee from Ukraine, during a visit of German Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Heil at the hairdresser's salon Civan in Berlin, Germany on April 22, 2024. [AFP]

Like a million of her compatriots, hairdresser Valentyna Vysotska fled Ukraine for Germany when Russia invaded. After a 10-month crash course to learn German, she found work, at a hair salon in Berlin.

"My German isn't great but my boss, my colleagues and the clients are all very understanding," Vysotska, 54, told AFP.

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