Kenya recently signed a deal that will see workers moving to Germany at a time when Sweden has decided to start paying migrants to go back to the countries.

Germany and Kenya on Friday signed a migration deal during a visit by Kenyan President William Samoei Ruto to Berlin amid growing efforts there to curb the number of unauthorized entries to the country.

The Kenya-Germany deal is expected to provide opportunities for at least 250 professional, skilled and semi-skilled Kenyan nationals

Germany, the richest European nation, has a labour deficit due to its aging population while Kenya has a labour surplus due to its huge youth population. With an ageing and shrinking workforce, experts say Germany needs about 400,000 skilled immigrants each year.

Germany and Kenya on Friday struck a labour and migration deal to allow skilled workers from the east African country to live and work in the biggest EU economy.

Germany has agreed to open its labour market to 250,000 skilled and semi-skilled workers from Kenya. On Friday, the President of Kenya, William Ruto, and the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, signed the agreement.

The German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat) has denied reports that the labour mobility agreement signed between Germany and Kenya includes creating 250,