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Months into war, Ukraine refugees slow to join EU workforce

FILE - Refugees fleeing conflict in neighboring Ukraine arrive at Przemysl, Poland, Feb. 26, 2022. Nearly six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many refugees are still struggling to find jobs in their European Union host countries, despite the EU's streamlined process for Ukrainians to live and work in any of its 27 member nations. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File) FILE - People fleeing the conflict in neighboring Ukraine cross the border in Przemysl, Poland, Feb. 27, 2022. Nearly six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many refugees are still struggling to find jobs in their European Union host countries, despite the EU's streamlined process for Ukrainians to live and work in any of its 27 member nations. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File) FILE - Refugees that fled the war in Ukraine fill in the paperwork to get registered, at the congress center in Prague, Czech Republic, March 15, 2022. Nearly six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many refugees are still struggling to find jobs in their European Union host countries, despite the EU's streamlined process for Ukrainians to live and work in any of its 27 member nations. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File) FILE - A Ukrainian worker sorts newly produced body armor at a leatherwork shop in Prague, Czech Republic, April 21, 2022. Nearly six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many refugees are still struggling to find jobs in their European Union host countries, despite the EU's streamlined process for Ukrainians to live and work in any of its 27 member nations. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File) Ukranian refugee Lisa Himich prepares a coffee at a shop where she works, Friday, July 15, 2022, in Prague, Czech Republic. Nearly six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many refugees are still struggling to find jobs in their European Union host countries, despite the EU's streamlined process for Ukrainians to live and work in any of its 27 member nations. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Ukranian refugee Lisa Himich prepares a coffee at a shop where she works, Friday, July 15, 2022, in Prague, Czech Republic. Nearly six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many refugees are still struggling to find jobs in their European Union host countries, despite the EU's streamlined process for Ukrainians to live and work in any of its 27 member nations. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Ukranian refugee Lisa Himich prepares a coffee at a shop where she works, Friday, July 15, 2022, in Prague, Czech Republic. Nearly six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many refugees are still struggling to find jobs in their European Union host countries, despite the EU's streamlined process for Ukrainians to live and work in any of its 27 member nations. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Ukrainian refugee Liudmyla Chudyjovych prepares to make up a room in a hotel where she works, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Prague, Czech Republic. Nearly six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many refugees are still struggling to find jobs in their European Union host countries, despite the EU's streamlined process for Ukrainians to live and work in any of its 27 member nations. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Ukrainian refugee Liudmyla Chudyjovych makes up a room in a hotel where she works, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Prague, Czech Republic. Nearly six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many refugees are still struggling to find jobs in their European Union host countries, despite the EU's streamlined process for Ukrainians to live and work in any of its 27 member nations. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Ukrainian refugee Liudmyla Chudyjovych walks along a corridor in a hotel where she works, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Prague, Czech Republic. Nearly six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many refugees are still struggling to find jobs in their European Union host countries, despite the EU's streamlined process for Ukrainians to live and work in any of its 27 member nations. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Ukrainian refugee Liudmyla Chudyjovych makes up a room in a hotel where she works, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Prague, Czech Republic. Nearly six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many refugees are still struggling to find jobs in their European Union host countries, despite the EU's streamlined process for Ukrainians to live and work in any of its 27 member nations. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) Ukrainian refugee Liudmyla Chudyjovych makes up a room in a hotel where she works, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in Prague, Czech Republic. Nearly six months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, many refugees are still struggling to find jobs in their European Union host countries, despite the EU's streamlined process for Ukrainians to live and work in any of its 27 member nations. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Months into war, Ukraine refugees slow to join EU workforce