PhD from Germany non EU citizen what should I do now

I am a non EU Asian citizen in Germany who will complete a PhD in Social Sciences with a topic of considerable policy relevance. My intention is to stay in academics in the West, though I am open to policy jobs too. I have heard that it is very difficult to climb the academic ladder here, and that there are few academic jobs around. I am also in my late 30s, and have had a varied career, including jobs as a journalist, development worker, and teacher at universities. If I stay on here, I can get a citizenship if I can find a job in my field a year after graduation, (I am not affected by the normal labour laws of the EU since I am considered as equal to a German citizen in the job market since I have a German degree) and then I can apply throughout the EU for a job.
At the same time, I do not know if this is a good idea. I am now reconsidering if doing the PhD was worth it, since if I had done it in Canada I could have got the citizenship by now. But when I completed my Masters here, I was offered a funded position, and with my varied background I was not sure how admissions committee in the US or Canada would see my profile. Is it a good idea to take a post doc here, or should I apply to Canada or the US for post docs? What are my chances—I have published, and my topic is of high contemporary relevance especially from a policy making perspective. The one thing I don’t want to do is go back to my country.
Can anyone help? Has anyone been in the same situation---a non EU citizen with a PhD from a German university? Did you find a job here? Or did you find a job abroad in the West? Please help. I always lack good advice at the right moment.

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