Immigrant quota for state jobs?
Die Linke's Elke Breitenbach wants to give preference to equally qualified immigrant applicants. The police sometimes exceed the proposed quota already.
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Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpaThe future of the Berlin police force.
Berlin - Twelve per cent of employees in Berlin's state authorities and companies come from immigrant families, and that figure isn't high enough for some politicians. The city-state wants to be the first German state to institute an immigrant quota of 35 per cent. A corresponding bill from the interior department was leaked by the Tagesspiegel on Saturday and has been met with outrage and approval in equal measure.