Germany has drawn up a "provisional" plan for the new immigration law to address its massive shortage of skilled workers, but what will be the consequence of the proposed law? And what's different about immigration laws in other countries?
The German government is about to enact a new immigration law, which aims to bring more skilled and educated workers to Germany, but apparently this "points"-based law is being compensated, knowing that it is the system in place in other countries, and means Certain "points" when applying for a visa, according to each person's skills, which gives priority to people over others to the detriment of their points, according to determined criteria by the law.
The new 'key points' document, experts say, acknowledges that Germany's low unemployment rates and high percentage of older people have made it difficult for companies to find qualified people to fill certain jobs, and that the creation of more employment opportunities for other EU citizens, could not To fill this gap, Germany must resort to attracting "specialized and qualified workers from third countries ", i.e. from countries outside the European Union.
The document prepared by the Ministry of the Interior and approved in many of its points by the Ministries of Labor and Economy, will be submitted to the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel on August 29, while the document presented will indicate that the Germany's Interior Ministry, led by Minister Horst Seehofer, leader of the conservative Christian party CSU, insists that immigration should not be integrated into Germany's social security system.
"Point System" is not really "Point System"!
The document submitted by the government does not define the new immigration system as a "points-based system", as is the case in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and elsewhere, the new law will accept immigrants depending on their level of education or the amounts they possess, or their German language proficiency and current job vacancies and other factors, so if they reach a certain entrance threshold, they are accepted in the country.
The Social Democratic Party (SPD) previously proposed a points system in 2016, like other favored centre-left parties in Germany, and the points in the new document indicate that people will be chosen according to criteria that will make new law an effective "point system".
But in the opinion of OECD researcher Thomas Liebig, "The devil is in the details", and he says: "I have some questions about how these standards are applied, I don't know how they will different criteria without a clear scoring calculation, so if you want to trade different criteria, you need a "point system", one way or another, that's the mechanism that scoring systems work on points.
Germany lacks qualified builders and nurses:
The current German immigration law is the simplest immigration law in the world, especially for those with a higher level of education, it is easy to "move from Canada to Germany for example" says Liebig, and continues "according to current law, it is enough to have good school qualifications, and only offer work, you don't even need to speak German."
In addition, German law grants a visa to those with high educational qualifications, even without getting a job offer, because it gives them the so-called "job-seeking visa", and they can enter the country without real work, but what Germany lacks are facilities for the so-called "people with average qualifications", such as nurses, nursing aides, kindergarten assistants and craftsmen such as electricians or carpenters, i.e. every job requires a professional rather than a scientific qualification, and these jobs make up around "60% of the German labor market needs", according to Liebig.
The inability to bring such experience from different countries, or the lack of recognition of the presence of experience among people from certain countries, has been a "barrier" to obtaining qualified people in certain sectors, so the new document presented by the government is a way to bridge this gap and "The key to success is to create labor market integration in Germany."
But what remains unclear in the document is what other requirements are required: what level of German language should a potential immigrant have? Should there be a job offer by a German company, and which jobs exactly will be considered intermediate skills?
Scandinavian style visas
It appears that the German government is currently considering creating a "job search visa" for mid-skilled jobs, and this type of visa has proven successful in Denmark, but this step has never been attempted in Germany before. , and it will depend on whether German employers are willing to take risks and hire people with a "job-seeking visa".
According to Liebig, “That will be a big question,” noting that “many German companies are reluctant to employ people from abroad. We asked German employers, (Are you interested in employing people from abroad? ) no way of that."
"Right now, they seem to be offering a double law: there are people who come in looking for a job and then recognize them if they find a job," said the researcher from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD ). ) added.
France recently strengthened its immigration law to make it easier to attract people with higher education or exceptional skills, and part of the new law aims to reduce bureaucracy. In the case of France, this law applies in particular to executives of multinational companies who earn more than 5,000 euros per month, scientists, the entertainment industry, seasonal workers and regulated professions, while Sweden leads a more liberal policy, "You can come as a base for any work. From there, France is completely closed, Sweden is open, and Germany is somewhere in between!
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