Indians were among more than 13,000 spouses of asylum seekers in Germany who failed to join their partners in 2022 due to a lack of sufficient language skills, according to a report. According to Germany's Foreign Office, one in three spouses, or 13,607 people, failed the German language test last year to qualify for family reunification, the InfoMigrants reported. A total of 71,127 people received a visa for spousal reunification in 2022, including people who had passed their tests in previous years. Following this, a draft law in 2022 was introduced by the opposition to enable the language test required to be completed after the spouses have arrived in Germany. In December, Germany's government decided to relax the rules for skilled personnel whose partners were allowed to enter the country without a language test.

Source: Ethiopian News May 16, 2023 17:13 UTC