Foreign workers in Germany say they have faced more discrimination than anticipated before making the move, a survey revealed. Despite that, the country still seems attractive to many skilled workers.
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Foreign workers in Germany say they have faced more discrimination than anticipated before making the move, a survey revealed. Despite that, the country still seems attractive to many skilled workers.
The European Union was built on the principle of freedom of movement. But security politics, xenophobia, unemployment, the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine are continuously re-defining migration movements, along with the rules that govern them.
According to a new study, nearly 1.9 million skilled worker shortage is costing Germany 86 billion euros each year.
Faced with a critical shortage of skilled labor, Germany is planning to introduce an “opportunity card”(its version of a green card). It aims to make it easier for non-EU nationals to come to find work.
According to a new survey by the Ifo Institute, based in Munich, a record 49,7 percent of companies are currently short of workers.
Germany is the world’s top ‘nation brand’, finds the 2021 Anholt Ipsos Nation Brands Index. It ranks 60 economies by their brand appeal.
1 in 3 people will be a migrant in Germany (about 35%) by 2040. In large cities, up to 70% of inhabitants will have a migrant background in two decades, experts say. Germany will need to attract a “range of nationalities” to keep the “economy stable.”
Growing numbers of rich Chinese are applying for permanent residency in Western countries under programmes that allow investors with a high net worth to “buy” citizenship […]