Posted on 03/26/2020 9:55:09 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The German government said it was barring entry to seasonal workers from abroad from Wednesday to stem the coronavirus outbreak, potentially leaving farmers with a dire shortage of manpower to harvest crops.
“Seasonal and harvest workers will no longer be allowed to enter Germany within the framework of our border controls,” a spokesman for the interior ministry told a Berlin press conference.
The ban will apply from 5pm and will be in place “until further notice”, he said, and includes people from EU countries.
Around 300,000 seasonal workers come to Germany each year, mainly from Poland and Romania, to help with harvesting crops such as asparagus and strawberries.
Farmers have already raised the alarm about workers being turned away at the border as European nations slam shut their frontiers in a bid to slow the spread of the virus. …
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There are plenty of unemployed foreigners in Germany. Put them to work in the fields.
Don’t they have enough unemployed muzzie invaders that could do those jobs?Yes, but asking them to work would be culturally insensitive and racist!
Germany must be feeding half of Europe.
You may be closer to the truth than you think. They seem to have a significant portion of their farmland used for oilseed crops - used for making diesel fuel for their Audis.
Also:
BMW
Mercedes-Benz
Porsche
Volkswagen
Opel
Ford Werke GmbH
Their cars aren't pretty like the Italian cars are... but they work.
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