German company offering apprenticeships to refugees

German company offering apprenticeships to refugees

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Siemens, one of Germany’s largest companies, is offering apprenticeships to refugees.

It’s one of a growing number of employers that thinks asylum seekers are vital to Germany’s economic future.

But, as the BBC’s Berlin correspondent Jenny Hill reports, not everyone’s convinced.