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Research published on Thursday shows that the refugees who arrived in Germany during the influx of 2015 and 2016 are increasingly gaining employment.
The study by the Institute for Job Market and Career Research (IAB) showed that one in four of the refugees who arrived following the government's decision to open its borders to war refugees in 2015 has now found work.
The study, details of which were first published by the Rheinische Post, showed that one in five of the refugees was paying social security contributions - in other words doing more than just a mini-job.
"If this trend continues around half of all these immigrants will have work in five years' time," said IAB research head, Herbert Brücker, on Thursday.