Germany aims to hire Indian workers in a bid to tackle the country’s labour shortages. According to a study, Germany will need seven million workers by 2023. Germany recently has relaxed several immigration rules concerning non-EU workers as well.
Germany wants to hire a high number of skilled workers from India, as announced by the German Minister of Labour, Hubertus Heil. The effort to attract Indian workers comes amid Germany’s challenges with labour shortages, Schengen.News reports. Regarding this matter, respective authorities will present the Indian Skilled Worker strategy to German-Indian government consultations this autumn, as Hubertus Heil, German Minister of Labour said after a meeting with Indian students at the Free University of Berlin. The skilled labour strategy is being developed jointly with the Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry of Labor, with German business, with the states, and with other ministries.
While emphasising the importance of India, Minister Heil, as cited by Epoch Times, said that “bright minds and helping hands” are welcomed in Germany. He said India is an important country because it not only has the largest population in the world but also because 1.5 million additional people enter the Indian labour market every month,” Heil stressed. There are many young people there.
During his discussion with Indian students, Heil also underscored the country’s labour market challenges due to the country’s demographic structure. Referring to a study by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), the Labour Minister said that Germany will need seven million workers by 2035. In addition to the study mentioned above, the latest EURES report on shortages and surpluses revealed that Germany is grappling with a shortage of workers in more than 70 occupations. Transportation, manufacturing, construction, healthcare, engineering, and IT emerged as some of the affected shortages. In an effort to tackle labour shortages, Germany relaxed some of its immigration rules.
