"Many key sectors from health and transport to hospitality and construction would grind to a halt without people with a foreign background, figures from the Federal Statistical Office show. People with a migrant background are particularly well represented in many of the professions struggling with a general shortage of workers. For instance, 60 percent of welders and metal-joining technicians have an immigration background, as do more than half (54 percent) of all cooks and food production workers in Germany."
"The share of employees with a foreign background is also above average in the scaffolding sector (48 percent), among bus and tram drivers (47 percent), the meat processing industry (46 percent) and among service staff in the catering industry (45 percent). A particularly large number of people with a migration background also work in cleaning services for buildings (50 percent), as well as in elderly care and automotive manufacturing (both 32 percent)."
Data from 2024 show that Germany’s economy and public services are increasingly dependent on workers with a migration background. Many key sectors would struggle or halt without people with a foreign background. High shares appear in occupations facing shortages: 60 percent of welders and metal-joining technicians and 54 percent of cooks and food production workers. Elevated shares also exist in scaffolding, bus and tram driving, meat processing, catering, building cleaning, elderly care and automotive manufacturing. Rising political tensions over migration accompany these statistics, which highlight the positive contributions of migrants and their descendants.
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