Germany will simplify rules for legal employment for citizens of non-EU member courtiers starting March of 2020 – Deutsche Welle reports. The Skilled Workers Immigration Act, which comes into force on March 1, 2020, aims to make it easier for skilled workers from non-EU countries to come to Germany.

Germany is hoping to recruit qualified workers from outside the EU to prevent companies from moving their business abroad.
“We know that many sectors and businesses are looking for skilled workers,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. “Without sufficient skilled workers, a business location cannot be successful.

“That is why it is necessary for us to make every effort to recruit a sufficient number of specialists. Otherwise, companies will have to migrate — and, of course, we do not want that.”

There are already 2.5 million people from EU countries working in Germany. “But that alone is not enough, and that is why we also have to look for skilled workers from outside the European Union,” Merkel said.

Germany is most in need of electrical engineers, metal workers and mechatronics engineers, cooks, nurses, aged care workers, computer scientists and software developers. The government has been looking to draw people who qualify from Mexico, the Philippines, Brazil, India and Vietnam, among others.

About 60 thousand non-EU workers arrived in Germany to work in 2018.