AdvertisementIn Germany, Asylum-Seekers Could Fill A Chronic Workforce NeedAugust 01, 2015Soraya Sarhaddi NelsonfacebookEmailRefugees line up to apply for asylum at a reception center in Berlin, Germany. Figures released last week showed that about 180,000 asylum applications were filed in the first six months of 2015, more than twice as many as in the same period last year. (AP)