Germany: New Immigrant Law Following Canada's lead in the steps it has taken to address the labour crisis, the German parliament, the B...

 Germany: New Immigrant Law

Following Canada's lead in the steps it has taken to address the labour crisis, the German parliament, the Bundestag, has enacted a new law on immigrants.

Germany's new law has made it simpler to apply for a job and to get permission to bring a family over from overseas. However, the law also stipulates various restrictions, such as age restrictions and requirements for learning the German language.

The lack of workers in Germany is one of the main issues facing the most powerful economic nation in Europe, according to German Economy Minister Robert Habeck, who commented on the new law shortly after it was approved. Later, the minister presented the measure as a remedy for the difficulty that German businesses are having finding workers.

The CDU, CSU, and AFD, however, clearly opposed the law during the vote to adopt it, arguing that the employees could take advantage of the option to immigrate to Germany with their entire families. Die Linke, an opposition party, abstained from voting.