Grand coalition agrees on immigration law

The Federal government has agreed on a design for a specialist force of the immigration act. Controversial it was not until recently, among other things, how much time to get skilled labour, lack of qualifications of catching up to do. On Wednesday the law should be adopted in the Cabinet. the

The Federal government has reached an agreement on the controversial specialists of immigration law. The template is to be decided on Wednesday by the Cabinet, said a spokesman for the interior Ministry. Details on the agreement he called. About the content to want to give after the meeting on Wednesday, the Minister Horst Seehofer (Indoor), Hubertus Heil (work) and Peter Altmaier (economy) in a press conference information.

discussion there until the end, because the original design was revised, mainly on the Insistence of the Union in some Places. They wanted to limit immigration more. Basically, the design was given the of the economy, defendant's shortage of skilled workers, among other things, relaxations for skilled workers from Non-EU countries. According to the will of the SPD, and also asylum seeker, the rejected, and only tolerated, but are well integrated and have a job, a Chance to get to stay.

The spokesman for the interior Ministry, are now solved all of the parts relating to the employment and the training tolerance, the professionals law and in private employment toleration act Packed. Also, this would be approved on Wednesday.

In the SPD's top man was in the point of a particularly sensitive nature in terms of further concessions to the coalition partner. SPD Vice Ralf Stegner, of the told süddeutsche Zeitung Recently: "The law must ensure that the priority setting is clear: Those who are in education or work are well integrated, or the will to integrate, to be able to stay." Only if the law "of this approach", it can, in its opinion, "the consent of the SPD". His party does not want to, "the hurdles are now set particularly high."

The law aims to address the shortage of skilled workers in Germany. To account for immigrants from Non-EU States, the previous restriction on bottleneck occupations, in addition, the priority examination be omitted in the rule. It says that, first of all, to an applicant from Germany or the other EU countries looked at.

The Grand coalition had agreed in the course of the asylum proceedings in the summer to bring the project within this year by the Cabinet. On Wednesday, the last opportunity.