Germany has agreed to open the doors to 250,000 skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan workers in a controlled and targeted labour migration deal.

Kenya is struggling with increasing difficulties in providing work and sufficient income for its young professionals, while Germany is facing a shortage of skilled labour.

Five Kenyan bus drivers have already been welcomed to Flensburg, in the north of Germany, in a pilot project.

Migration agreements are a central pillar in the German government’s efforts to curb immigration.

  • Twoafros@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    "The German government has said the deal does not specify the number of workers who will be allowed in. "

    I think BBC edited the article after you posted this but I couldn’t find the 250000 number from the title.

    In any case this is great news for both countries.