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Many German occupational sectors are reliant on people with foreign roots, amid a nationwide shortage in skilled labour, the Federal Statistical Office announced on Friday, citing data from 2022. The cleaning and catering industries have a particularly high share of workers with an immigrant background, at 60% and 46% respectively, the data showed. Overall, a quarter (25%) of all people in employment between the ages of 15 to 64 in 2022 had a migrant background. The definition includes anyone who immigrated to Germany from 1950 onwards or whose parents had both immigrated since then. In 2022, …