Overview
- DIW calculates a 63.7% poverty‑risk rate for refugees in 2022 under the EU standard of less than 60% of median household income, which for a single person was €1,419 per month.
- The institute links the elevated risk chiefly to precarious employment, noting many refugees work in low‑wage, part‑time or Minijob roles.
- The refugee poverty‑risk rate peaked near 70% in 2020 and has eased somewhat since, which DIW attributes to improving labor‑market integration.
- Other migrants and second‑generation people also face higher low‑income rates at roughly one quarter, including about 26% among EU migrants, versus roughly 12–13% for people without a migration background.
- DIW says migration has strongly shaped overall poverty trends as the foreign‑born population more than doubled to about 14 million since 2010, with the 2021–22 inflation shock further squeezing real incomes.