Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended his government's migration policy in German parliament on Wednesday and emphasized the country's need to attract skilled foreigners, APA reports citing DW.
"There is no country in the world with a shrinking working population that has economic growth. That is the truth we are confronted with," Scholz said in the Bundestag.
Scholz's comments come after Tuesday's second round of high-level German talks on migration policy in Berlin ended without agreement. The opposition Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) said it would not attend further meetings with the three-party governing coalition of Social Democrats, Greens and Free Democrats.
Scholz stressed the need to remain open to immigration in Germany while also controlling arrivals.
"We are a country that offers protection to those who are politically persecuted, who are running for their lives, who have to save their lives, and that is in our constitution and we are not putting that up for debate," said Scholz.
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