[jlangenauer]

This is not true.

I'm Australian, and it was easy to get my Blue Card, and more recently my permanent residency in Germany. Compared to the nightmare of dealing with the UK Home Office, moving to Germany was a breeze.

(For those who don't know: if you have a 4-year degree, and can get a job-offer that pays €48K or above, you can easily get a Blue Card, which lets you work in Germany. Keep that job, and after 21 months, you can get a Niederlassungserlaubnis (permanent residency) with B2-level German, or after 33-months with rudimentary German. It's an amazing deal.)