Germany appeals to Indian science migrants to stay as it faces English-speaking exodus

“The people who come here are above average in terms of education, and they earn significantly more than migrants from other countries,” said German Economic Institute researcher Wido Geis-Thöne.

At the same time, Germany is under pressure to extend border checks put in place for Euro 2024 as Right-wing parties say they have proved to be highly effective in tackling illegal migration.

Since the beginning of Euro 2024, some 20,000 German police have carried out additional checks at land borders to prevent the entry of hooligans, Islamist terrorists, Russian saboteurs and irregular migrants.

The extra security for the Euro tournament led to thousands of migrants being turned away from Germany’s borders as well as a large number of arrests of people smugglers. Several hundred suspects with arrest warrants for them were also caught as a result of the checks.

But Nancy Faeser, the German interior minister, has said the extra Euro security will be lifted now that the tournament is complete, prompting the risk of a rebellion in her coalition.

Christian Dürr, a member of the coalition’s free market FDP party, said extending the border controls would ensure “that we are very effective in stopping those who want to come into the country illegally – for the time being it is a very effective instrument”.

According to German broadcaster ZDF, the government will end the Euro-related border controls on July 19. A less stringent, temporary set of additional checks at land borders with Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Poland and Austria will remain in place until the winter.