How you can work in Germany without hiding from the State

With the aim of reducing the number of illegal incomes, Germany and Albania have launched several joint projects. Among them is that of the Agency for International Employment Intermediation Centre.

When we talk about Albania, for several years we have good co-operation in the so-called knowledge passage field, respectively, the state administration's progress. We have educated here in Germany for example, some of the people working in the administration of Albania”, says Kea Decker, chief of international co-operation at the Agency.

Germany in late October of last year has exacerbated the asylum-taking regime for citizens of Western Balkan countries. On the other hand, citizens of these countries have been facilitated by legal arrivals and the introduction of the labour market in Germany. One who in Albania can testify that he has found a job in Germany can easily obtain a working visa.

The arrival of many Albanians to Germany began in the early 1990s. While the number of Albanians sheltered in Germany has prominently increased during the Kosovo war. In the late 1990s, the number of Albanians from Kosovo to Germany had reached about 400,000. By 2008, nearly 100,000 have voluntarily returned. But then again, the number of Albanian people has increased.

New wave of Albanians in Germany

By the end of 2014, and in particular at the beginning of 2015, Germany was flooded by a new wave of Albanians, originally from Kosovo and then from Albania. Only from Albania to Germany over the past year have some 55,000 people sought asylum. In late October 2015, Germany has declared Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro secure countries of origin, meaning that citizens of these countries do not have nearly any chance of receiving political asylum in this country. This has led many Albanians to return voluntarily to their homeland, but there have been many cases of forced return.

Legal Work in Germany

Marisa Kacori of Tirana's Employment Enti says they “in Tirana offer returning persons from Germany employment advice in Albania and for a relaunch of”. „Under joint projects with German institutions they are given legal employment information simultaneously in Germany”.

Many Albanians, primarily those in the medical field, have come to Germany to look for work. Monthly income here is much higher than in Tirana, where a doctor in the clinic is paid, for example, about 230 euros. While there are about 10,000 employees missing in clinics in Germany. In Albania each year, about 2000 people conduct the high school of medicine, while jobs only find 300. In Albania currently unemployed are about 20,000 people who have conducted any medical school.

The similar situation is in Kosovo. Defrym Rifaj, director of the department for work in Kosovo, says they provide citizens with access to legal in Germany. We don't want our citizens coming to Germany as asylum seekers“, Rifaj claims. “From our region comes to Germany the educated workforce. But many are not employed in the professions that have ended. No matter what school they have conducted in Albania, they often work in Germany only in assistance. We want to change that. We want Albania's qualified force to work on the jobs for which he has conducted the” school, says Kea Decker.

Numerous Conditions for Family Union

All who plan to work in Germany must be well informed in time because they may eventually become very depressed. In particular, regarding the unification of the” family, says Ditmar Bandke, who in Düren, Germany, offers information on employment in Germany. One of the most frequent problems is family reunion. This theme is very complicated and requires good knowledge. All should be done in co-operation with the Office for Foreigners, German Embassy and qualified persons for this work”, he says. Bandke explains that for a larger family, financial income and residential space should suffice. People should have enough money for rent, water, electricity, insurance, clothing... Individuals should give concrete evidence of their income. Particularly problematic is for those with smaller incomes.