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Previously on "Germany needs two million skilled immigrants"

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Originally posted by MrMark View Post
    Do you think they can find them in amongst the 900 million people that belong to the EU?
    500 million

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  • Sysman
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    We've had to acquire that skill waiting for good news about SKA.
    Harsh but fair.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by AtW View Post

    And if they wanted folks who are good at watching paint dry then they could always recruit at CUK Forum
    We've had to acquire that skill waiting for good news about SKA.

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  • AtW
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    Originally posted by TykeMerc View Post
    If they need people skilled in engineering, production or design then they're not going to get many from the UK.
    On the other hand if they're after folks who know how to exploit a benefits system and watch daytime chav TV then they're sorted.
    And if they wanted folks who are good at watching paint dry then they could always recruit at CUK Forum

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  • TykeMerc
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    I said skilled din't I?
    If they need people skilled in engineering, production or design then they're not going to get many from the UK.
    On the other hand if they're after folks who know how to exploit a benefits system and watch daytime chav TV then they're sorted.

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  • lilelvis2000
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Yeah but none of them are skilled in what is necessary.
    And don't forget the benefits they'd lose if they moved. better they stay put, have us pay the mortgage and the holidays and wait until "the government finds them a job" innit?

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  • gingerjedi
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Yeah but none of them are cheap which will be necessary if Germany is to remain competitive.
    FTFY

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    As it turns out the UK could do with losing a few million immigrants. It might do for the UK economy what a loosened cork might do for a champagne bottle. Sudden room to breath, prospects for the jobless, welfare claimants down, wages not going down, less greenhouse emissions...
    Yeah but none of them are skilled in what is necessary.

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  • scooterscot
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    Originally posted by MrMark View Post
    Do you think they can find them in amongst the 900 million people that belong to the EU?
    I said skilled din't I?

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  • Doggy Styles
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    ... roads a bit clearer, less water shortages...

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  • TimberWolf
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    As it turns out the UK could do with losing a few million immigrants. It might do for the UK economy what a loosened cork might do for a champagne bottle. Sudden room to breath, prospects for the jobless, welfare claimants down, wages not going down, less greenhouse emissions...

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  • MrMark
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Job centre: Germany needs two million skilled immigrants - The Local



    Meanwhile in Britain we're making people redundant. I could work for the daily mail i could.
    Do you think they can find them in amongst the 900 million people that belong to the EU?

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  • scooterscot
    started a topic Germany needs two million skilled immigrants

    Germany needs two million skilled immigrants

    Job centre: Germany needs two million skilled immigrants - The Local

    Frank-Jürgen Weise, head of the Federal Labour Agency (BA), said in an interview published Saturday that Germany needs two million qualified foreigners over the next few years to avoid a labour shortage.
    Meanwhile in Britain we're making people redundant. I could work for the daily mail i could.

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