Saturday, September 14, 2024

"Germany to welcome 250,000 Kenyans in labour deal"

That's the headline on the Yahoo-hosted version of the BBC's article published yesterday:

Kenya is struggling with increasing difficulties in providing work and sufficient income for its young professionals, while Germany is facing a shortage of skilled labour.

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Migration agreements are a central pillar in the German government's efforts to curb immigration.

Seemed like surprising news, and something about the article seemed off.

Here's the third sentence of the current version of the same BBC article as hosted by the BBC:

The German government has said the deal does not specify the number of workers who will be allowed in.

The BBC-hosted article ends with the following note that has not been added to the Yahoo-hosted article:

Correction 14 September 2024: An earlier version of this article put a figure on how many Kenyan workers would be allowed into Germany under the deal. The German interior ministry corrected this to state that the deal did not specify a figure.