Gastarbeiter (plural, "Gastarbeiter") () is German for "guest worker" (literal translation). It refers to foreign or migrant workers who had moved to West Germany (BRD) mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, seeking work as part of a formal guest worker programme (Gastarbeiterprogramm).
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Germany's Gastarbeiter scheme began in 1955, drawing workers first from southern Europe and north Africa and then Turkey.