Berlin (AFP) - Germany has begun to test a scoring system for immigration Friday, the most qualified foreign and win a chronic shortage of labor, which devastated the largest economy in Europe, despite an influx at the end of recording of the applicant.
The prosperous southwestern region of Baden-Württemberg, the home of the major car companies and equipment, welcomes the pilot project inspired by immigration systems of New Zealand and Canada.
"Our future quality of life depends on how many people are working in Germany and contribute to our prosperity," said Labour Minister Andrea Nahles.
"We need to mobilize all our potential, but we know that this is not enough, and we need more trained foreign workers. Therefore, a new method to try," he added.
This fall, a number of qualified professionals from non-EU countries a work permit for three years would be granted under the points system in Baden-Württemberg, with knowledge of the German language is an important criterion.
The scoring system gives top marks to 100 people with a high level of competition from Germany, while others with more fundamental levels must demonstrate that they also in English or French, so combines skills Germany.
EU citizens from these criteria immigration because they are allowed to work already block in Germany under the freedom of movement agreement.
However, some sectors have difficulty finding in Germany, workers, and with a rapidly aging, the major economic actors in the country, the government has encouraged reform its immigration rules for skilled workers populations.
Although the country has only 1.1 million asylum seekers in 2015, experts have warned, it would take years until the rate on the language skills necessary skills to get employed or to occupy a large number of vacancies Germany.
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