Gastarbeiter is German for guest worker . It refers to foreign or migrant workers, particularly those who had moved to West Germany (BRD) mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, seeking work as part of a formal guest worker programme. <br ><br > Similarly, the Netherlands and Belgium had a parallel scheme called the gastarbeider programme. Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland had similar programmes called arbetskraftsinvandring (workforce-immigration). Germany Turkey: Turkish Guest Workers or <i>gastarbeiter< i> at an auto factory in Koln (Cologne), 1964 xSupplier:MediaxCo.xLtd.x

Gastarbeiter is German for guest worker . It refers to foreign or migrant workers, particularly those who had moved to West Germany (BRD) mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, seeking work as part of a formal guest worker programme. <br ><br > Similarly, the Netherlands and Belgium had a parallel scheme called the gastarbeider programme. Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland had similar programmes called arbetskraftsinvandring (workforce-immigration). Germany Turkey: Turkish Guest Workers or <i>gastarbeiter< i> at an auto factory in Koln (Cologne), 1964 xSupplier:MediaxCo.xLtd.x

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Gastarbeiter is German for guest worker . It refers to foreign or migrant workers, particularly those who had moved to West Germany (BRD) mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, seeking work as part of a formal guest worker programme. <br ><br > Similarly, the Netherlands and Belgium had a parallel scheme called the gastarbeider programme. Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland had similar programmes called arbetskraftsinvandring (workforce-immigration). Germany Turkey: Turkish Guest Workers or <i>gastarbeiter< i> at an auto factory in Koln (Cologne), 1964 xSupplier:MediaxCo.xLtd.x

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