the state premier of bavaria, horst seehofer, said turkish and arab immigrants find it difficult to integrate into german society. he is the leader of the bavarian sister party of angela merkle and his comments have been sharply criticized. >> during her visit to bulgaria, angela marcos said germy is a country open to the world. >> there will be no change to our asylum law or residence rights for family members. the remarks referred to skilled workers. we will remain home to many people and we hope people feel home and -- feel at home in germany. >> they have accused horst seehofer of stirring up prejudice. >> they had nothing to the debate and populist comments will only benefit other parties. he also faces criticism from his own party. >> in the next few years our priorities has to be making sure the unemployed in germany find work. but he was contradicted by the economics minister who says germany needs skilled workers from abroad. >> we will need regulated immigration, it is germany's right to do what it needs to do to decide who comes here to work. >> they have stressed german countries

the state premier of bavaria, horst seehofer, said turkish and arab immigrants find it difficult to integrate into german society. he is the leader of the bavarian sister party of angela merkle and his comments have been sharply criticized. >> during her visit to bulgaria, angela marcos said germany is a country open to the world. >> there will be no change to our asylum law or residence rights for family members. the remarks referred to skilled workers. we will remain home to many people and we hope people feel home and -- feel at home in germany. >> they have accused horst seehofer of stirring up prejudice. >> they had nothing to the debate and populist comments will only benefit other parties. he also faces criticism from his own party. >> in the next few years our priorities has to be making sure the unemployed in germany find work. but he was contradicted by the economics minister who says germany needs skilled workers from abroad. >> we will need regulated immigration, it is germany's right to do what it needs to do to decide who comes here to work. >> they have stressed german countrie

they could be disrupted by the noise from horst seehofer. >> they recognize the need for immigration. the debate is how best to attract an immigrant -- attract immigrants who can make a voluble contributions. >> the german contribution -- who can make valuable contributions. >> the german government announced they would try to attract workers by adopting a point system. >> germany needs skilled foreign workers like i.t. specialist from india. they work for i.s.p. -- an i.s.p. in berlin. it would like to hire more foreign workers, but it is even hard -- it has been hard to attract staff. the german government is proposing legislation to make it easier for skilled foreigners to work in germany. >> we want to make sure that foreign degrees are recognized within three months of the original application, or that applicants are told which documents they still have to present. >> these measures are expected to attract an additional 300,000 skilled workers. in some business sectors, the shortages are becoming increasingly acute. >> for the moment, technical provisions are hardest hit -- profe