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Language skills are key to integration in Germany

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GERMANY

Activity rates are low for asylum seekers as many do not have the language skills required by employers

Brexit’s focus on non-EU workers will divide business

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UK

‘Withdrawal agreement’ priority for non-EU workers will ensure immigration debate persists

COVID-19 will worsen southern European ‘brain drain’

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EUROPE

The economic shock of COVID-19 on southern Europe will drive many more skilled people abroad in search of opportunity

Jobs look like Hungarian governing party success story

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HUNGARY

More Hungarians have been brought into the work force but the reserves are nearly used up requiring a new labour policy

EU regional aid leaves non-metropolitan regions poor

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EU

Several eastern capital regions exceed the EU average for GDP per capita but poorer regions are being left behind

Large African economies to shoulder migration burden

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AFRICA

Political volatility will drive African asylum-seekers to rich states, but overall migration is mainly intra-continental

Closest-fought US state in 2020 will be close again

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UNITED STATES

Both presidential campaigns believe they can win Arizona, the state with the smallest margin of victory in 2020

COVID-19 will hold back longer EU life expectancy

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EU

The COVID-19 pandemic interrupted the trend adding years to average life expectancy, especially in the eastern EU

Demographic action too late to fix Russia’s decline

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RUSSIA

Government measures will help future generations but the population will continue shrinking through 2035