Germany and Uzbekistan signed an agreement on migration and labor mobility in Samarkand today, Bloomberg reports.
In addition, the parties signed a series of agreements aimed at deepening cooperation in areas such as critical raw materials and the fight against climate change.
“We are bringing to our country the general and skilled workers that we desperately need in manufacturing, small business, nursing and many other areas. Anyone who has no prospects or right to stay in Germany will have to leave our country much faster.” – the Interior Minister told the Rheinische Post on Sunday Nancy Pen.
It should be noted that Germany signed a similar agreement with Kenya on Friday during the visit of its President William Ruto. According to the German Chancellor Olaf ScholzThis opens up opportunities for Kenyans, as skilled workers or young people can come to Germany for training.
“The agreement – and this is essentially the other side of the coin – also provides for effective procedures for the return of those who come to us from Kenya but do not or cannot acquire the right to stay,” the chancellor said at a joint press conference with Ruto in office in Berlin.
Scholz’s government has toughened its stance on migration in recent months in response to the rise of extremist parties on the left and right that want to reduce the number of migrants entering the country.
On Monday, Scholz will meet Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Astana, and the two countries will also sign a number of agreements.
