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Germany Signs Labor Deal With Kenya to Import Workers From Africa

Germany and Kenya signed a labor migration agreement to recruit skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers for Germany’s labor market.
Germany Signs Labor Deal With Kenya to Import Workers From Africa
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, bottom right, signs a migration agreement with Kenya's Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi, left, as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, center, and Kenyan President William Ruto, left, look on at the Chancellery in Berlin, on Sept. 13, 2024. AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Kenyan President William Ruto signed an agreement on Sept. 13 in Berlin to facilitate the recruitment of skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers to live and work in Germany.

The deal, called the Kenya-Germany Comprehensive Migration and Mobility Partnership Agreement, does not specify the number of Kenyan workers to be brought into Europe’s biggest economy, but experts cited by German news outlet Deutsche Welle indicate that the country has a labor shortage that could be met by importing around 400,000 skilled immigrants every year.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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