"Germany has become an immigration society and how well integration works is still an important issue," Thomas Hestermann, a media researcher at Macromedia University in Hamburg, told Reuters. MIGRANTS NEEDED FOR 1.8 MLN VACANCIES The debate has resurfaced at a time when Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government is preparing to liberalise the immigration system with easier visas and a faster naturalisation track in an attempt to fill around 1.8 million work vacancies. According to a draft law reported by RND network, Berlin aims to bring in around 50,000 extra skilled foreign workers per year.