In Germany, the number of open apprenticeships is growing, along with an increasing number of unsuccessful applicants. Experts call for regionally coordinated solutions. The number of young people starting vocational training has risen again in Germany like in recent years. However, despite this positive development, companies and young people seeking training are not finding one another, according to the Bertelsmann …

Food banks (Tafel) are non-profit organizations that collect food mostly from supermarkets, distributors and farmers, which would otherwise be destroyed, and distribute to the needy for free.

Despite a rise in labour and family migration, the OECD noted a drop in humanitarian migration, for example, from refugees fleeing conflict.