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Young and jobless in Europe: 'It's been desperate'

By Liz Alderman and Geneva Abdul
New York Times·
11 mins to read

The pandemic-induced jobs crisis has fallen disproportionately on generation Covid-19, and the effects may be long lasting.

Like millions of young people across Europe, Rebecca Lee, 25, has suddenly found herself shut out of the labour market as the economic toll of the pandemic intensifies.

Her job as a personal assistant at a London architecture firm, where she had worked for two years, was eliminated in September, leaving her looking for work of any kind.

Lee, who has a degree

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