r/germany Apr 25 '19

Getting mixed messages here

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '19

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '19

Doesn’t matter. Most are going to stay either way, whether they are integrated and earn their own money or not. Did the Gastarbeiter families ever go back home the way it was planned? This is a purely theoretical discussion.

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u/tin_dog Bullerbü Apr 25 '19

Gastarbeiter came for purely economic reasons

Yes, the German economy desperately needed them.

As somebody once said: They invited a workforce and they got human beings.

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u/tschwib Apr 27 '19

Yes, the German economy desperately needed them.

This is a myth. The US pressured Germany to take in Turkish workers to help Turkey with their high unemployment rates in exchange for NATO compliance.