Faced with the dilemma of a high demand for qualified personnel from abroad in a context of the rise of the extreme right, Germany aims to become a country with targeted immigration, on the model of Canada. Chancellor Olaf Scholz begins, on Sunday, September 15, a two-day trip to Central Asia, which will take him notably to Uzbekistan.
With our correspondent in Berlin, Nathalie Versieux
In Uzbekistan, Olaf Scholz will sign one of these bilateral agreements which should form the basis of the migration policy of theGermany : visas for skilled workers, in exchange for the promise that the country will take back any illegal immigrants.
Such partnerships are multiplying in Germany, such as with India, Georgia or Morocco. But Uzbekistan is not going to solve Germany’s labor problems.
Olaf Scholz is especially hoping for a deepening of the bilateral relationship on another issue. Germany, which does not want to maintain diplomatic relations with the talibansrelies on the mediation of Uzbekistan, a neighboring country of theAfghanistanto return to Kabul 13,000 Afghans whose asylum applications have been rejected and who are now living on German soil.
- RFI
