Migration: Germany’s planned immigration reforms
By DW
30 November 2022 |
5:36 am
Germany needs hundreds of thousands of new skilled workers, and Olaf Scholz's government is planning a host of reforms to make it easier for them to come. But the political debate will be tough.
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