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Updated: Fri 21 Aug 2026 11:39 CET

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Foreign nursing professionals participate in a training session on personal care. Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Friso Gentsch

More foreign qualifications are being recognised in Germany than ever before, but despite its best efforts to get more and more immigrant workers into the labour force, growth appears to be slowing.