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Might it be on purpose, to low-key making immigration more difficult / discouraged? Europe seems to be under huge migratory pression.

• nicbou 2y ago
  I hear this a lot but I don't believe it. Every other office people - immigrants and natives - interact with is falling apart from lack of personnel, outdated processes, lack of digitalisation and excessive bureaucracy. This is just part of life in Berlin. Immigrants just have to do it all at once and feel it more. If you look at the numbers, the Berlin office has double the workload it had five years ago, and a rather modest increase in headcount during the same time period. They can be fairly criticised for a lot of things, but malice is not one of them.
  • curtisblaine 2y ago
    But if you wanted to discourage immigration, wouldn't you do exactly that? Reduce funding and increase bureaucracy in a system that's already creaking under the weight of a massive influx of immigrants?
    • nicbou 2y ago
      You would not simultaneously reduce the immigration requirements and constantly stress the importance of foreign labour in the media.