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50 years of Portuguese migrant workers in Germany

Julia HenrichmannMarch 18, 2014

50 years ago on Monday Germany started recruiting workers from Portugal to come and fill some of the country's jobs. Originally labelled "guest workers", many found a permanent home here. A lot of them went to the northern shipping hub of Bremen. Their children have grown up here. Now some run their own businesses in the fishing industry.

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