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RE: Benefits are slowly being cut off for the Ukrainian refugees - Netherlands

Three months have passed since Putin's invasion began, and I am truly amazed at what has happened in such a relatively short time.
I read that almost 7 million people had left Ukraine, I'm not sure of the figure, but let's suppose they were less, something like 6 or 5 million... but they did it in a few weeks, the neighboring countries suddenly found themselves with a wave of migration they had not seen since World War II.
I personally regret that subsidies and support for refugees are being reduced faster than the bureaucracy of each country manages to grant the legal documents to facilitate integration into the labor market and the achievement of minimum living conditions. That is going to cause a problem.
One knows that the assistance was going to be reduced and it was something that should be like that, but certainly it was also expected that they would speed up the procedures, because otherwise it would be nonsense to do things like that.
I wish you that your documentation comes out soon, that you can have a favorable job offer and that life straightens up.

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The documentation process is so slow and on the other hand, they are cutting benefits which are frustrating. People are ready to do work but how? Documents are not ready, many people are waiting for the registration, some don't have bio-metric passports and they are waiting for approval from the Ukraine Embassy. Overall it's a mess and everybody is suffering :(

I'm sorry to read that, it really is an unpleasant situation. Some of my relatives have been through similar things and because of that I can empathize.
Without the documentation, what you can get is a black job, and my cousins have had a very bad time because of that, it is better than having nothing and fainting without shelter or food, but it is painful that such a bad situation could be avoided if procedures will speed up a bit.
I can only wish that things get better for everyone.