A surge in the number of migrants and refugees signing up for job training programmes in Germany could help to ease labour shortages in Europe's biggest economy.
The number of those born outside Germany and registering for a training position jumped by 36.2 per cent in 2017, compared with the previous year, the Federal Statistics Office (Destatis) reported on Wednesday.
The jump brought the total number of young people gaining traineeships to 515,700 in 2017 - a 1.1-per-cent increase over the previous year. It was the first rise in the number of traineeships since 2011.
The German government is currently drafting new immigration law aimed at helping to fill the gaps that have emerged across the jobs market, including in the health and service sectors.
Germany had a total of 822,582 job vacancies in July, up from 805,213 in June and 750,346 in July 2017, according to data released last month by the Federal Labour Office.
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