G20 labour ministers discuss digitalisation, integrating migrants into labour market

Record ID: 876421

  • Title: G20 labour ministers discuss digitalisation, integrating migrants into labour market
  • Date: 18th May 2017
  • Summary: BAD NEUENAHR, GERMANY (MAY 18, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS OF G20 LABOUR MINISTERS MEETING WALKING OUT FOR FAMILY PHOTO GERMAN LABOUR MINISTER ANDREA NAHLES WALKING ONTO PODIUM FOR FAMILY PHOTO CHINA'S LABOUR MINISTER, YIN WEIMIN, AND UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF LABOUR, ALEXANDER ACOSTA (WEARING PINK TIE) MEETING PARTICIPANTS WALKING OUT FOR FAMILY PHOTO ARGENTINEAN LABOUR MINISTER, JORGE ALBERTO TRIACA AND NAHLES / ACOSTA AND OECD SECRETARY-GENERAL, JOSE ANGEL GURRIA UK LABOUR MINISTER DAMIAN HINDS AND SPANISH REPRESENTATIVE TALKING VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS POSING FOR FAMILY PHOTO TURKISH LABOUR MINISTER MEHMET MUEZZINOGLU PARTICIPANTS IN GARDEN G20 LABOUR MINISTERS IN CONFERENCE HALL NAHLES GREETING SINGAPOREAN LABOUR MINISTER, LIM SWEE SAY GURRIA TALKING TO NAHLES VARIOUS OF NAHLES TALKING TO HINDS GURRIA TALKING TO SAUDI ARABIAN LABOUR MINISTER, ALI BIN NASSER AL-GHAFIS ACOSTA AND HINDS SITTING VARIOUS OF PARTICIPANTS SITTING AT ROUND TABLE YIN WEIMIN LISTENING PARTICIPANTS HINDS AND ACOSTA LISTENING MUEZZINOGLU AL-GHAFIS LISTENING VARIOUS OF CONFERENCE ROOM
  • Embargoed: 1st June 2017 12:57
  • Keywords: labour market migrants refugees digitalisation labour ministers G20
  • Location: BAD NEUENAHR, GERMANY
  • City: BAD NEUENAHR, GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Topics: G20,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016HD51L3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:The G20 labour and employment ministers gathered in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate on Thursday (May 18) ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg in July. The ministers were expected to discuss digital change and the integration of refugees into the labour market.
    Germany faces a challenge integrating the estimated 1.2 million people who arrived in Germany in 2015 and 2016 from countries including Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan - the first of whom are now starting to enter the labour market. Germany has taken measures to make it easier for asylum-seekers to enter the workforce - for example, most can now access the labour market after three months compared with nine months previously and as long as a year in Britain.
    Germany took over the presidency of the G20 leading economies in November 2016. Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to use the presidency to safeguard multilateral cooperation under threat following Donald Trump's U.S. election victory.
    The Hamburg G20 summit in July is taking on increased significance as Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin plan to hold their first face-to-face meeting on the sidelines of the meeting.
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