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50 years of Portuguese migrant workers in Germany

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Julia HenrichmannMarch 18, 2014

50 years ago on Monday Germany started recruiting workers from Portugal to come and fill some of the country's jobs. Originally labelled "guest workers", many found a permanent home here. A lot of them went to the northern shipping hub of Bremen. Their children have grown up here. Now some run their own businesses in the fishing industry.

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