New plan to bring 2,000 – 3,000 foreigners to work in Germany at airports

News highlights

• The dire need for foreign workers in Germany has led to a new campaign for temporary workers to migrate to Germany.
• German ministers have announced a joint campaign for foreign temporary workers to work in German airports.
• The new plan is aimed at filling the shortage of 2,000 to 3,000 employees at German airports.
• The temporary foreign workers are proposed to work in Germany for a period of 6 months to 1 year.

The problem of shortage of workers is highly affecting Germany. The country is trying to address and resolve it with new plans and programs.

Recently, a new joint campaign was announced by German ministers of interior, transport, and labor departments. This campaign aims at bringing in a large number of foreign workers to fill vacant job positions vacant in the country’s airports.

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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, a shortage of skilled workers, in airports too, has been an issue in Germany as well as other European countries. In fact, every European country has been facing a shortage of labor in various industrial and service sectors. This situation was also reflected in airports.

The summer season is on and the number of travelers has increased exponentially. This increased demand for travel and the shortage of airport staff at airports is becoming a big issue for airport operators too. This issue is causing chaos in German airports where long queues and a shortage of staff have created the need for 2,000 to 3,000 employees. The new campaign is aimed at bringing that many foreign workers to Germany to work in its airports temporarily.

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The Labour Minister of Germany, Hubertus Heil, has insisted that employers hiring foreign workers have to pay them collective wages as well as provide them decent accommodation for a limited time period.

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The German worker shortage scenario

In Q1 of 2022, Germany’s skilled worker shortage touched record levels. In March 2022, the number of job vacancies in the country increased to 558,000. In a period of just 3 months, the difference in job vacancies widened by 88,000.

The major industry areas that are facing skilled worker shortages include:

• Health
• Education
• Social services
• Architecture
• Construction
• Engineering

In recent times, the number of vacancies for qualified workers in aviation and energy technology jobs has also risen sharply.

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