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Germany needs workers, Spain has more than it can employ. A Bavarian industry group has launched a program to bring Spanish labor to Germany for jobs in small companies near Munich. Here, Antonio José García Roca, 27, receives a demonstration from Moreno Nigro as part of his new job as a roofer.
García Roca left Spain because of the lack of jobs there. He had been working as a shipbuilder, but was laid off in 2009 as a result of the crisis. He's not the only one. Youth unemployment in Spain is an astonishing 57 percent.
The Chamber of Crafts for Munich and Upper Bavaria recently launched a program focused on bringing skilled labor from Spain to fill open positions in small and medium-sized companies in Bavaria. The program is run by, from left, Nuria del Valle Gonzalez, Katrin Budick and Elisabeth Kirchbichler.
Spanish youth began referring to themselves as the Indignados during widespread protests against unemployment in 2011. Thousands have left the country, many of them bound for Germany.
Moreno Nigro speaks no Spanish and García Roca doesn't yet speak German. But they manage to communicate nonetheless. "We're very satisfied, he fits in with us," Nigro says.
