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Many immigrants living in Germany are considering leaving the country for another, driven by economic concerns as well as discrimination, according to a new report from the country\u2019s federal research agency. With results showing that only just over half of immigrants intend to stay in Germany permanently, the report signals trouble for Europe\u2019s largest economy which is already struggling with historic labor shortages<\/a>.<\/p>\n The report, published by Germany\u2019s Institute for Employment Research, shows around 57% of people surveyed intend to stay on in Germany, with around 26% stating they have considered leaving in the past year. The reasons people want to leave vary. Those who want to return to their countries of origin cited a desire to rejoin family, while people who are rather looking to settle elsewhere often cited economic opportunities, bureaucracy and tax burdens as reasons for wanting to leave Germany.<\/p>\n Alongside these issues, the politics of immigration in Germany, as well as a high level of discrimination foreigners are subjected to, play a significant role.<\/p>\n \u201cPerceptions of discrimination \u2013 especially in interactions with authorities, police, and at the workplace \u2013 greatly increases emigration tendencies,\u201d write the authors of the report.<\/p>\n The report also notes that people who are more educated and economically successful, as well as those who show better success at integration, tend to be the ones more likely to be considering moving on. This means, according to the report\u2019s authors, that \u201cthose most urgently needed to secure Germany\u2019s future labor supply are also those most inclined to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n Germany has long struggled with serious labor shortages, as older citizens age out of the workforce, with estimates of hundreds of thousands, even millions, of labor migrants needed to stabilize the market. Subsequent governments in Germany have attempted to ameliorate this by cutting red tape and giving out more work visas<\/a>, but the tense politics over immigration – and in particular irregular migration – in Germany is complicating matters.<\/p>\n The rise and electoral gains of the stridently anti-immigration AfD party have pushed migration to the top of the political agenda, with recently-elected center-right Chancellor Friedrich Merz, with the CDU party, coming in promising to clamp down<\/a> on people seeking shelter in the country.<\/p>\n