German agency warns against cutting Balkan migrant worker permits

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2026-10-16

Nuremberg (dpa) - German employment authorities have warned the government against halving the limit on workers from non-EU states in the Western Balkan region, such as Serbia or Kosovo, saying this can deepen the country's acute shortage of skilled labour. Well over half a million people from this region are now employed in Germany in jobs subject to social security contributions, the Federal Employment Agency in Nuremberg said in a statement on......

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