Understanding Europe

Germany is trying to attract foreign workers because of a skilled labor shortage | Photo: picture alliance
File photo: LGBTQI+ asylum seekers in the EU have in the past been deported despite facing grave dangers in their home country | Photo: picture-alliance/dpa/S. Hoppe
File photo: The EU is looking to hire third country nationals from outside the European bloc to plug massive labor shortages | Photo: Sunan Wongsa-nga/Zoonar/picture alliance
File photo: French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau at the National Assembly on February 5, 2025 | Photo: Gonzalo Fuentes / Reuters
File photo: For the third straight year, asylum applications in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland breached the one million mark in 2024 | Photo: Imago Images