Germany's economy is in desperate need of foreign labor, but a political environment hostile to all kinds of immigrants makes it seem unlikely they'll get it.

Germany's outgoing government has extended border controls by six months in a bid to curb irregular migration, a key issue in the lead-up to the country's federal election on 23 February.

BERLIN, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Germany ... first EU country of arrival. Scholz said data showed his government's measures were working as the authorities had rejected 47,000 people at borders, asylum ...

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German police officers control a long distance bus on the German-French border in Kehl, western Germany, on September 16, 2024. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP) Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday ...

Germany is home to the largest number of asylum seekers among the EU member states. But a growing political shift to the ...

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Germany's outgoing government on Wednesday extended by six months the border checks it imposed on all its frontiers last fall as it attempts to cut the number of migrants arriving in the country ...