{"id":1413141,"date":"2026-07-02T14:10:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/?p=1413141"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:10:21","slug":"germany-has-introduced-new-rules-for-social-payments-what-ukrainians-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/germany-has-introduced-new-rules-for-social-payments-what-ukrainians-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany has introduced new rules for social payments: what Ukrainians need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Germany, starting July 1, Ukrainian refugees, as well as the unemployed, will receive the so-called basic income (Grundsicherung) instead of social assistance for citizens (B\u00fcrgergeld).<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is reported by<\/a> DW.<\/p>\n

It is known that in this regard, new rules will also be introduced for able-bodied but long-term unemployed residents of Germany.<\/p>\n

Employment centers will now more carefully check the value of assets and housing, and sanctions for violating the rules for receiving benefits will become stricter.<\/p>\n

In addition, employment centers will now prioritize the employment of beneficiaries, rather than their training or advanced training.<\/p>\n

It is noted that the approach to applying sanctions will also change.<\/p>\n

From now on, if a beneficiary misses appointments at the employment center or fails to submit an application to find work, benefits may be reduced or canceled completely.<\/p>\n

Also, the unemployed should accept any job, even if it does not match their qualifications, provided that they are physically and mentally capable of performing it.<\/p>\n

The new rules shorten the period during which the employment center will not take into account savings and will fully compensate for housing rental costs.<\/p>\n

From now on, savings of up to 40 thousand euros must be used by beneficiaries in the first year after submitting the application (previously, these funds were not taken into account during the year). At the same time, housing costs will be compensated to a limited extent.<\/p>\n

In Germany, it is expected that from July 1, about 5.5 million residents of the country will receive basic income instead of B\u00fcrgergeld.<\/p>\n

It is also known that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Ukrainians living in Germany and having temporary protection have also received B\u00fcrgergeld.<\/p>\n

Previously, the German government had already reached an agreement to cancel these payments for Ukrainians who arrived in the country after April 1, 2025.<\/p>\n

In particular, newly arrived Ukrainians will receive assistance at the same level as asylum seekers. Its amount depends on family status, but in general it is about 120 euros less per month. For a single person, the payment will be 441 euros.<\/p>\n

It was previously reported that the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, urged EU countries<\/a> not to rush to end temporary protection for Ukrainians who left for Europe because of the war.<\/p>\n

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In Germany, starting July 1, Ukrainian refugees, as well as the unemployed, will receive the so-called basic income (Grundsicherung) instead of social assistance for citizens (B\u00fcrgergeld). This is reported by DW. It is known that in this regard, new rules will also be introduced for able-bodied but long-term unemployed residents of Germany. Employment centers will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":1352679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76878,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1413141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1413141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1413141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1413141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1413143,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1413141\/revisions\/1413143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1352679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1413141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1413141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}