Tuesday, August 24, 2021
BA boss Scheele warns
“We need 400,000 immigrants annually”
Germany is running out of workers, says the head of the Federal Employment Agency. The problem can only be solved by training unskilled workers and women who involuntarily work part-time for longer. And through immigration.
From the point of view of the chairman of the board of the Federal Employment Agency, Detlef Scheele, Germany needs around 400,000 immigrants per year – and thus significantly more than in previous years. “But for me it is not about asylum, but about targeted immigration for the gaps in the labor market,” said Scheele of the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”.
“From care to air conditioning technicians to logistics specialists and academics: There will be a shortage of skilled workers everywhere,” said Scheele. Regarding possible resistance to migration, he said: “You can stand up and say: We don’t want foreigners. But that doesn’t work.” The fact is: “Germany is running out of workers.”
As a result of the demographic development, the number of potential workers in typical professional age will decrease by almost 150,000 this year. “It will be much more dramatic in the next few years,” said Scheele. “Germany can only solve the problem by qualifying unskilled workers and people with lost jobs, letting women workers who involuntarily work part-time work longer – and above all by bringing immigrants into the country,” said Scheele. The new federal government must tackle everything.
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