Berlin (dpa) – Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Federal Labour Minister Hubertus Heil are setting off on a trip to Brazil, Colombia and Panama this Sunday. A Foreign Office spokesperson announced that the two ministers would to some extent be taking part in a joint programme in Brazil, focusing on the topic of skilled labour immigration. Other stops on Baerbock’s inaugural trip to the region will be Colombia and Panama.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Labour said that the aim was to find pragmatic solutions in recruiting skilled workers. Heil said it was crucial to be sensitive and not deprive a country of the labour it required itself. Instead, a situation should be created where the countries of origin stand to benefit just as much as the people who come to Germany. There is enormous labour potential in the care sector in Brazil.