Via The Local:
Germany’s top Muslim group called on Thursday for an immigrant quota in public services such as the police and the bureaucracy.
Central Council of Muslims chairman Aiman Mazyek told Thursday’s edition of the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung that people with foreign names and immigration backgrounds were often passed over for public service jobs despite having the same or even better qualifications than native German candidates.
A quota would be an appropriate way to level the playing field, he said.
Germany’s police forces had already opened themselves up to immigrants, which had benefited the services – and could be improved with quotas – he said.
“Why should the experiences of the police not be applied elsewhere?” Mazyek asked.
His remarks followed a national “integration summit” held on Wednesday and attended by Chancellor Angela Merkel, immigrant community leaders – including Mazyek – and state and municipal officials.(more)
