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Suspected Human Trafficking Among Trainees From Vietnam

Summary by Tagesschau
More and more trainees from Vietnam are coming to Germany with significant language difficulties, despite having language certificates. Vocational schools report overwork, and unions report exploitation. Some trainees disappear from the job market without a trace.

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Hundreds of Vietnamese students suddenly stop showing up in class. No one knows where they are – and what happened to them.

·Berlin, Germany
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Many Vietnamese trainees have disappeared from school life without a trace. A third of the approximately 700 students from Vietnam are supposed to be missing from a Berlin school alone. A union fears "modern human trafficking".

·Dortmund, Germany
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More and more trainees from Vietnam are coming to Germany with significant language difficulties, despite having language certificates. Vocational schools report overwork, and unions report exploitation. Some trainees disappear from the job market without a trace.

·Hamburg, Germany
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More and more Vietnamese apprentices in Berlin have massive language problems – although they have entered with a language certificate. Vocational schools can hardly cope with the problem. And some trainees disappear. By A. Bartocha and H. Weber

In Germany, there are no skilled workers – in hotels, kitchens, meat shops. The Federal Government is trying to counter various recruitment agreements. In the meantime, there are around 16,000 apprentices from Vietnam in Germany, about 2,000 of them in Berlin. Exact figures are missing, as many "disappear" apparently. Around a third of the 700 Vietnamese trainees no longer appear in class at the Berlin Brillat-Savarin school. Where they stay is …

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Tagesschau broke the news in Hamburg, Germany on Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
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