Immigrants have helped keep the German economy humming and the country’s labour market from collapsing, the leader of Germany’s Federal Employment Agency said on Wednesday. Last year, immigrants to Germany from outside the European Union accounted for the largest group of people taking up jobs in Germany, where employers have complained of difficulties in hiring sufficient staff, said Andreas Nahles, the agency’s chairwoman. Between June 2022 and June 2023, a total of 53,000 Ukrainians alone took up jobs subject to social security contributions in Germany, along with another 24,000 immigrants …