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#Germany

Integration

Migrants in Germany: Well Settled

The situation of immigrants in Germany has generally improved over the past 10 years: unemployment among newcomers has significantly decreased, more people are obtaining higher education, and social…

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Immigration

Illegals Prefer Trains

In 2018, German police prevented more than 14,000 immigrants from illegally crossing the German border. Violators attempted to enter the country illegally on buses and trains.

Work

From humanities to IT

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Immigration

Refugee flow is decreasing

For the third consecutive year, the number of applications for political asylum in Germany is declining. Last year, 185,853 foreigners filed applications with the Federal Office for Migration and…

Immigration

Germany's New Immigration Law

Everyday life

Pensioners Prefer Foreign Countries

The number of German pensioners living abroad continues to increase. This is reported by the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, citing data from the German Pension Insurance Fund (DRV). In 2017, their…

Integration

Innovators among migrants

Germany is facing an acute labor shortage, so the influx of foreign workers has been steadily increasing in recent years. But how innovative are the labor migrants coming to the country? How many of…

Education

How to become a German pilot

To avoid a shortage of personnel, German airlines plan to train and hire a record number of pilots. Candidates without German citizenship also have a chance.

Curiosities

Flute – and a Denture as a Bonus

Often, passengers of urban transport leave things in carriages that are simply unimaginable, showing how far from reality the owner's thoughts were when leaving a tram or bus, if they managed to…

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Everyday life

Student New Year holidays

Between Christmas and New Year, students in Germany have holidays – two weeks of long-awaited freedom. You can with a clear conscience forget the way to the library, put textbooks on the shelf and…

Curiosities

Bureaucrats Almost Ruined Christmas

Nearly four thousand children in the Bavarian town of Roth, a half-hour drive from Nuremberg, are deeply upset: 'evil uncles' from the city hall have forbidden them from hanging letters to Santa…

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Work

Germany to Accept Specialists