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Re:Germany to Pass Japan as Third-Largest Economy, Helped by... by mejutoco on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @09:52AM (#37999189)
That data is about refugees. You are conflating new arrivals with refugees, which is not accurate. Some people might think it is even in bad faith.

What about all the other immigrants from EU or abroad whose higher education was not paid by Germany and they immigrate to Germany? Surely that is a positive. Germany is benefiting from paid-by-somebody-else qualified applicants.

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Re:Germany to Pass Japan as Third-Largest Economy, Helped by... by Eumenes on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @09:54AM (#37999221)
Highly educated immigrants who speak the language are a net positive, for sure.
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Re:Germany to Pass Japan as Third-Largest Economy, Helped by... by flohofwoe on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @10:57AM (#38000093)
> Highly educated immigrants who speak the language

The latter isn't really a requirement, at least when working in tech. I barely speak any German at all in my job, and I'm a German dude working at a German company. All companies I worked for since 2010 had English as "company language", and immigrants were in the majority (mostly from other European countries, but also US and Canada).

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Re:Germany to Pass Japan as Third-Largest Economy, Helped by... by Eumenes on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @11:20AM (#38000405)
Ya makes sense, with Berlin essentially being an international airport in terms of demographics. I suppose knowing English would suffice.
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