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WORLD NEWS | Germany seeks to boost immigration of skilled workers

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BERLIN, Nov. 30 (AP) — The German government said Wednesday it plans to ease entry rules for immigrants from outside the European Union to help meet Germany’s demand for skilled workers.

Europe’s largest economy needs about 400,000 skilled migrants a year, especially to fill job vacancies in healthcare, IT and construction, as the country’s aging workforce shrinks, experts say.

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Economy Minister Robert Habeck said the lack of workers endangered Germany’s ambitious plans to boost the rollout of renewable energy.

“We have known for years that we are going to have a demographic problem, but have done nothing about it,” he told reporters in Berlin.

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Cabinet agreed to a draft proposal that would help the skills and qualifications of potential migrants from outside the EU be recognized and reduce bureaucratic barriers – such as language requirements – in some industries, such as IT.

Labor Minister Hubertus Heil said that in addition to providing more language training abroad, Germany must do more to emphasize what it has to offer if it wants to compete with other countries for skilled workers.

“We have a lot to offer, we have good jobs and we need to reinforce that (image) abroad,” he said, adding that it was in Germany’s interest to present itself as a cosmopolitan society that welcomes immigrants.

The proposal needs to be debated in Parliament before lawmakers can pass a bill to reform immigration law. (Associated Press)

(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from a Syndicated News feed, the content body may not have been modified or edited by LatestLY staff)



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