German Chancellor Olaf Scholz signed a bilateral agreement on migration with Uzbekistan during his trip to Central Asia on Sunday.
The agreement was signed in the ancient city of Samarkand and is intended to facilitate the arrival of skilled workers from Uzbekistan to Germany, particularly in the health and care sector.
It will also speed up the repatriation of Uzbeks in Germany who do not have legal residency. Of the 13,700 Uzbeks living in the country, only about 200 are expected to be eligible for repatriation.
Bilateral agreements are an important part of the German coalition government’s migration policy. The most recent example was in Berlin on Friday, with the visit of Kenyan President William Ruto.
