The German Government has published a map on its official website which highlights the German regions missing the most workers, and what type of workers they are. Despite the overused rhetoric from politicians and indeed the current presidential candidates, Croatian demographics aren’t looking very healthy, at all.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 31st of December, 2019, the Immigration for Qualified Workers Act enters into force on March the 1st, 2020. This law also applies to workers from all countries which are outside of the European Union, including workers from neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina, writes buka.
This new law provides the legal basis for the migration of skilled workers to Germany and has been designed and is intended to make it easier for academic and professional experts from non-EU countries to come to work in Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed that the new law is “a paradigm shift in the way we want to approach professionals who are from outside the European Union”.
The German Federal Government has agreed with the federal states, business associations and trade unions on concrete steps to be taken against the shortage of workers in that country, a country which many Croats have settled and begun working, furthering the weakening of Croatian demographics and its picture.
In a signed letter of intent, the participants agreed, among other things, to expedite the procedures for issuing and recognising visas. In addition, professionals and their relatives coming to Germany should receive greater support from companies when seeking accommodation.
At the same time, while Germany wants to help out foreigners who could be useful to them, they continue to want to make full use of the domestic labour potential.
“We have various measures and laws that give all people in Germany a chance to really work and make money,” the chancellor announced. The steps that German is taking requires close cooperation between businesses, unions, the federal government and the states.
Federal Labour Minister Hubertus Heil stressed that it must be ensured that professionals quickly find the companies they need.
”We want to avoid unnecessary red tape, streamline validation procedures, better equip visas and digitise the entire application process,” he stated.
In Germany, there is a shortage of workers, especially in the craft, nursing and technical fields, and yesterday we wrote an article about how much Croatian ”majstori” are in demand in Germany, contributing even more to poor Croatian demographics, as many feel they are more respected and of course properly paid for their work abroad than in Croatia.
On the map published by the German Government, the red colour indicates the states where the workers are most needed. The more intense the red, the more workers are missing.
As can be observed, southern Germany is where the workers are most needed.
2020 is expected to see the continued emigration of Croats, as well as other nationalities from neighbouring, non-EU countries. Germany is more than likely going to be the target country for the vast majority.
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