In June 2019, and in a bid to address Germany’s increasingly severe of skilled manpower shortage. The Bundestag adopted the ‘Law immigration of skilled workers’ (Fachkräfteeinwanderungsgesetz), that aimed to facilitate immigration for skilled nationals from non-European countries. This legislation is set to come into force on 01 March 2020. On 16 December, a Summit meeting at the Chancellery on the topic, drew together the Government, Federal Employment Agency, and representatives of employers organisations in order to take the necessary measures so that the legislation can be applied correctly and bring about the right results. Going forward highly skilled non-European workers should be able to more quickly obtain a visa and certification of their diploma equivalents, and also secure German language lessons in their native country.
Relaxation of the conditions for economic immigration. On the eve of the Summit meeting held to address skilled labor force immigration from abroad (non-European), German Chancellor Angela Merkel underlined the severity of the problem, stating in her weekly podcast, “We must have recourse to skilled labor from abroad because if not then our companies will set up business abroad, and we really don’t want that.”
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