Asylum Seekers Benefits Act allows refugees to work four hours a day. Activities are limited to a maximum of 20 hours per week.
The minimum wage is 80 cents per hour. In February 2024, 19 asylum seekers were employed in such work opportunities. “For me it’s not enslavement”: 80-cent jobs for asylum seekers controversial.“We don't want to enslave people, but we have to motivate them to work,” says District Administrator Christoph Göbel.