On 12 January 2018, in the preliminary agreement presented by the future government coalition both conservative (CDU/CSU) and social-democrat (SPD) members (c.f. article No. 10520) announced their wish to ‘create a modern coherent migration law’. This is in response to a longtime demand by both employers and the Federal Employment Agency. Steffen Sirries, researcher at the Employment Agency’s IAB (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung - Institute for Employment Research) explained to Planet Labor why a new law on economic immigration was needed and what it should look like so that Germany can resolve its manpower issues.
Future government’s project. Although the section in the future conservative-social democrat coalition government programme outline addressing ‘economic migration’ is relatively short and also vague, it does nonetheless clearly state its intention thus: ‘Above all in managing migration, we have to concentrate on our country’s economic interests. We want to create a modern coherent migration law.’ The parties’ leaders also added that to this end they would be thoroughly addressing all issues...
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