The general public transport sector has added its voice to the present debate in Germany as as to if Syrian refugees ought to return to their nation of origin, following the overthrow of the Assad regime.
And like managers and union leaders in different sectors, the president of the Affiliation of German Transport Corporations (VDV) mentioned Syrian employees are very important to protecting their operations and hold the nation’s trains and buses operating.
“We can’t do with out them in lots of areas,” mentioned Ingo Wortmann, in response to a question from dpa
He added that in public transport alone, round 2,000 Syrians work nationwide in driving companies. In the event that they have been to go away Germany, it might exacerbate the already present workers shortages within the trade.
Wortmann referred to as calls for from Jens Spahn, a high conservative Christian Democratic Union politician, to repatriate Syrians following the autumn of the Assad regime, political grandstanding.
“We hurt Germany as a enterprise location if individuals who need to work right here can’t stick with us.”
