Vietnamese trainees under pressure - | Between language barriers and dubious intermediaries
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Risks Facing Vietnamese Trainees in Germany119 Vietnamese students (8%) at a regional vocational school; ministry approved six extra German classes this year.
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- Reports from Berlin say a large share of Vietnamese trainees abruptly stopped attending classes, prompting suspicions of exploitation and human trafficking.
- In the Stuttgart region, Vietnamese people account for about 20.5% of culinary apprentices and 8.5% in hospitality training.
- Many present B1 certificates but often function at A2 level, and the vocational school obtained ministry funding for six additional language courses this school year.
- Language schools and intermediaries are under suspicion of manipulating certificates; the state criminal police recorded a mid-three-digit number of suspected forged language certificates in the past twelve months.
Many employers are willing to hire trainees from Vietnam. But not all are prepared to give them time for language support.— Olga Heiser, Vocational training manager at the Hoppenlau Vocational School in Stuttgart
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