JAKARTA - The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs invites skilled workers from around the world, including Indonesia, to work and live in Germany amid the demographic issues the country is experiencing.
"So, in simple terms, we want skilled immigration to Germany and we need skilled immigration to Germany," said the Special Representative for Skilled Immigration, the Federal Foreign Office of Germany, Dr. Martin Bergfelder in Berlin, confirmed on Friday.
Bergfelder said that Germany is currently short of many workers.
For the past few years, the German labor market has relied on the migration of people from other European countries, especially from Eastern Europe in the last 20 to 30 years. However, this trend has ended because the same demographic issues are also occurring in Eastern European countries.
Many countries in Eastern Europe are starting to catch up with their arrears and people from those countries are returning to their homeland. And, Germany is starting to lack skilled labor following the return flow.
"So, we want people to come. We need them. In all political parties, the immigration of skilled workers is very welcome and needed. And we also want people to come and stay," he said.
He added that the invitation was not only for people who already had good qualifications and were suitable for working in Germany, but also for people who wanted to follow vocational training or wanted to study in Germany.
The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with related ministries and agencies such as the German International Cooperation Agency or Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Goethe Institute, and the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK/Industrie- und Handelskammer) continue to work to promote and provide accurate information about opportunities to work and live in Germany.
The German government is making a number of efforts to encourage skilled workers to work in Germany as part of their strategy through bilateral relations with countries from around the world, including with Indonesia.
Germany is also continuing to work to improve the bureaucracy to improve immigration governance, including through the Work and Stay Agency, which provides one-stop and digital services to simplify bureaucratic procedures to make them easier, faster, and practical.
Basic things like finding a place to live, finding schools for children, finding connections to social life are also a concern in Germany so that people who come to Germany to work and live in Germany get the support they need to integrate.
Then, in addition to having mountains, beaches, big cities, and beautiful small towns, Germany also has a fairly good health care and social security system.
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