Germany with new law for foreign workers benefits Kosovo

centre-right Chancellor Angela Merkel, hard-pressed Interior Minister Horst Seehofer and Social Democratic Labour Minister Hubert Hale reached the compromise agreement that removes trade difficulties for all citizens of countries outside the EU with skills for work and German language skills.

The three coalition parties agreed to the bill, seen by Reuters, that companies will be allowed to recruit foreign workers in all professions, despite an official list of sectors that lack workers.

The document also proposes that the government will no longer insist that companies give priority to German citizens for filling positions before searching for foreigners outside EU states.

In addition, foreign graduates and professional training workers will be given the opportunity to go to Germany for six months to look for work if they meet certain job qualifications and demands for German language.

They should also prove they have sufficient financial resources and will not depend on welfare benefits during their stay in Germany, the parties have agreed.

The compromise agreement does not include the proposal of the so-called spurewechsel (cow) that would enable refugees living in Germany to give up their asylum-seek status if they find a job and learn German.

Seehofer, whose party, CSU, fears it will lose voters in elections to be held this month, was opposed to such a provision because it fears it would spur increased asylum-seekers without proper skills.

We keep the principle of the difference between asylum and migration for work”, writes in the draft law.

But the parties said they would define a residential status for well-integured refugees who cannot be deported and are able to secure an independent income in order to provide employers and migrants with greater security when they are planning.

Koha.net recalls that by this law Kosovo will benefit, except for other states that are not part of the EU.