The foundation emphasizes that improving the integration of migrants could alleviate the skilled labor shortage, enhance tax revenues, and stabilize social security systems. Despite a 3.4% increase in foreign employment, the overall number of socially insured workers in Germany decreased by 0.2% year-on-year, primarily due to a 0.9% decline in German nationals. The study attributes prolonged asylum processes and uncertain residency prospects as significant barriers to employment for migrants, advocating for a centralized support system to navigate bureaucratic complexities.