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.

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.

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Kenya and Germany also agreed to combat forced labour, and human trafficking and facilitate the safe return of nationals of either party residing in the territory of the other, who do not, or no longer, fulfill the conditions for entry into the territory of the other.

Kenya and Germany signed the much-anticipated agreement on sharing of labour, talent and mobility. The purpose of the comprehensive agreement is to provide a framework for cooperation and information exchange on labour mobility,

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,