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They are not happy with the way the last mass immigration (of the Turkish) turned out. But they have recently made a lot of concessions for in-demand skills lik
by currywurst 13y ago
They are not happy with the way the last mass immigration (of the Turkish) turned out. But they have recently made a lot of concessions for in-demand skills like tech, nursing and so on.
And if you get a salary above a certain threshold, you even qualify for a "Blue Card" that allows you to work anywhere in the EU !
- philipp-de 13y agoThe terms of these initiatives (Fachkräfteinitiative, Blue Card) are so one sided and onerous that very few people from outside actually use them. These initiatives, started years ago, so far have flopped.
- kamakazizuru 13y agoIts a good step. The problem though was never the visa or whatever. The problem was and continues to be the fact that Germans as a society have trouble accepting immigrants. The first assumption (probably because of bad experiences with turks) is that these people are here to mooch of the system and wont learn our way of doing things. Thats disastrously untrue - and only serves to make Germany unattractive.