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Saarbrücken (dpa / lrs) - The employment agency today presents the labor market data for April in Saarland.

In March, unemployment in the state fell slightly for the second month in a row.

According to the regional directorate of the Federal Employment Agency, 38,700 women and men were unemployed, 800 or 2.0 percent fewer than in February.

Compared to the same month last year, 4,300 more unemployed were counted.

This corresponds to an increase of 12.6 percent.

The unemployment rate in March was 7.2 percent.

The deadline for collecting the new figures was April 13th.

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