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Long-term unemployment increased by 50 percent y-o-y, or by 30,000 people. Four out of ten registered unemployed people have been without work for more than a year, according to the statistics of the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family (ÚPSVaR).
The most long-term unemployed people are in Prešov Region, the SITA newswire reported. By the end of the third month of this year, there were 24,200 unemployed. The districts of Prešov, Vranov nad Topľou and Kežmarok contributed significantly to this figure; the number of unemployed over one year exceeded 3,300 in these areas.
Coronavirus crisis decreases number of foreigners working in Slovakia
Ukrainians remain the highest group of foreigners in Slovakia. (Source: TASR/AP)
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The coronavirus crisis has decreased the number of foreigners working in Slovakia. About 78,200 citizens of other countries were working in Slovakia by the end of February of 2020. Their number gradually decreased by 70,000 by the end of November, showed the data of the Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family.
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Ukrainians are still the most numerous group of foreigners in Slovakia. There were 561 fewer Ukrainians in November, their overall number falling below 20,000.