. The potential for immigration to Germany from the five largest candidate countries in CEE is forecasted building on …The study investigates the consequences of EU Eastern enlargement for labour markets and public finances in Germany …

Germany’s shortage of skilled workers has sharply increased, especially in the social and education sectors, health and … declining due to their simi­larly ageing and shrinking populations. Recruiting workers from third coun­tries, including Germany …. Germany’s recruitment activities need to be more closely embedded in fair, development-orientated partnerships with countries …

"German and European immigration policies have only recently begun to cope with the inevitable: growing labor demand in … the face of high unemployment and a shrinking labor force due to demographic change. Despite the implementation of Germany …'s first immigration act and several European initiatives towards legal harmonization at the EU level, an actively controlling …