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Why more and more Southeast Asians want to learn German – DW – 01/09/2024 (www.dw.com)
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Across Southeast Asia, interest in German is on the rise as the German government taps increasing numbers of the region's skilled workers to tackle the country's severe labor shortages.

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[-] Anibyl@social.coop 1 points 10 months ago

@testing Nothing drives immigration numbers as much as the thirst for cheap labour.

[-] testing@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

@Anibyl the worst about it: developed countries take advantage of well-educated specialists in their respective fields from lesser developed countries > it's lesser developed countries which would pay for the education, not rich countries like germany

#tootsea #germany #exploitation #workforceshortage

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