The labor market of Germany is expanding so they are keeping their doors open to many foreign workers. However Germany is also clear in its intention to hire only highly qualified professionals. So along with the news of job opportunities in Germany is a reminder to all migrant workers including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that they are implementing a strict policy against illegal entry of low-skilled workers.

 

The national representative of Kirchenasyl, lady pastor Fanny Dethloff, said, ''If you are highly qualified, Germany wants you, especially in the healthcare and technology sector. But for low skilled jobs, it is much more complicated.

 

The above statement was uttered during the 27-day Summer Academy on Freedom and Responsibility in Media that was held in Hamburg and Berlin, Germany. In the said event, the representative explained to participants who are mostly Asian and African the goal of Deutschland to expand its labor market but does not want to disregard its irregular migration policy. There are currently 7.8 foreign nationals that are working and living in Germany.

 

According to Dethloff, since Germany prefers to hire highly skilled workers, jobseekers that belong to the low skilled labor category are impelled to enter Germany though illegal means. Unfortunately many who chose to ignore the legal and regular procedure of entering Germany ends up being detained or deported.

 

Nevertheless, there were suggestions from other German officials to impose a less strict migration law to solve their labor shortage. The call came from Rainer Bruederle, Economy Minister of Germany. Another German leader is the Education Minister Schavan. They want Germany to open its doors to migrant workers because he believes that it would help the economy of their country. There is also a warning from the German economic experts that their country would need 200,000 technicians, engineers, and even scientists in the next 14 years. The proposal though was rejected by German Chancellor Angela Merkel who insisted that modifying the migration law that controls entry of migrant workers is unnecessary.