One of the major election campaign promises of Chancellor Friedrich Merz' conservative Christian Union (CDU/CSU) parties was to bring about a "migration turnaround" in Germany.
Since taking the helm of the federal government they have certainly delivered on those promises with some bold steps in that direction.
In recent weeks Germany's government leaders have ordered more patrols at the borders and moved to scrap family reunification for refugees as well as the fast-track three year path to citizenship for "highly integrated" immigrants.
Black-red coalition officials insist that they will continue to support and encourage skilled worker immigration to the country even as they "reduce the pull factors to Germany", in the words of Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU).
But immigration and labour experts have voiced concerns that anti-migrant rhetoric, even if its directed primarily at asylum seekers, could discourage immigration more broadly - including among skilled workers.
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