Skill Shortage: Immigrants Are Particularly Strongly Represented in Jobs with Skill Shortages

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According to a survey, people with a history of immigration often work in occupations and industries with a shortage of skilled workers. Many of these are socially relevant.

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Whether in production and manufacturing, catering, care or in passenger and freight transport: In many bottlenecks, employees with an immigration history are above-averagely represented. For example, in 2024, 60% of employees in welding and joining technology had an immigration history, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In food production as well as in cooks, this was true for more than half of the employees (each 54%). T…