Language the biggest barrier refugees face on Slovenia's labour market

Ljubljana, 9 November - While refugees can enter the Slovenian labour market fairly quickly, they also face a number of challenges, with a lack of language skills being one of the major ones, heard an international conference on forcibly displaced and stateless people in Ljubljana on Thursday, which discussed opportunities and possible systemic solutions.

Ljubljana Igor Feketija, state secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA File photo

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Igor Feketija, state secretary at the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities.
Photo: Anže Malovrh/STA
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Ljubljana Katarina Štrukelj, director of the Government Office for the Support and Integration of Migrants. Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Katarina Štrukelj, director of the Government Office for the Support and Integration of Migrants.
Photo: Daniel Novakovič/STA

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