Immigration
Health care facilities facing acute shortages pay for language training for foreign staff
Indonesian nurses during a German-language lesson readying them for life in Germany. (Courtesy of Hanseatic Connect Indonesia)
JENS KASTNER
February 15, 2026 11:10 JST
HAMBURG, Germany — Intensive care nurse Fitra Jayadi had to be careful not to mix up German and English when he spoke with Nikkei Asia on a video call from his home in Tangerang, Indonesia, recently.