Germany Seeks 400K Skilled Immigrant Workers

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/germany-wants-attract-400-000…
Germany’s new coalition government wants to attract 400,000 qualified workers from abroad each year to tackle both a demographic imbalance and labour shortages in key sectors that risk undermining the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

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The Social Democrats, the FDP and the Greens agreed in their coalition deal on measures like a points system for specialists from countries outside the European Union and lifting the national minimum wage to 12 euros ($13.60) per hour to make working in Germany more attractive.

The German Economic Institute estimates that the labour force will shrink by more than 300,000 people this year as there are more older workers retiring than younger ones entering the labour market.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/germany-wants-attract-400-000…

If I were young person today, skilled and unemployed, then Germany with all the benefits of Germany and the EU would look very exciting. No wonder refugees and migrants want to go to Germany.

Jaak

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