[twa999]

> but they don't want to accept younger people to work

if you're an EU citizen you can move to germany and work there. this creates high incentives for workers from poorer eastern european countries to work in germany but send a huge chunk back to their family. some industries would not exists without this model, most notorious asparagus harvesting or private nursing services.

Germany accepted millions of migrants since 2015, but it's highly doubtful that this will be a net positive within the next century. Most of them are unskilled and only granted asylum which is temporary and by german law asylum seekers or migrants with temporary resident status are heavily restricted from taking up work. I guess the argument once was, why allow them to work if they will be deported anyway soon. But usually this is a long legal process leaving them in a limbo state for years. There are special programs however to train them to be nurses to obtain permanent residency. But it is unlikely that then german refugee policy from ~2015 will be a net benefit for social security etc.

[soco]

The asparagus temp workers working in Germany pay taxes in Germany for that period. So even if they spend otherwise very little there and send money to families, they are still a net benefit to the German economy. Plus the asparagus gets harvested, of course.

[tommek4077]

They are on minimum wage, not paying much if anything at all.

[imtringued]

You pay VAT on your asparagus.