The Green Party issued a paper published by the newspaper (Süddeutsche Zeitung). The paper included a demand to eliminate the problems facing refugee employment and work.
The party presented fifteen proposals for measures to facilitate access to the refugees to work, in particular lifting the ban on refugees working,
According to the German News Agency, the paper prepared by senior politicians in the party criticized the ban on refugees working. The party said “It is absurd that people who seek protection from political persecution or threats to their lives in Germany are prevented from working here.”
The Green Party believes that lifting the ban on refugees and foreigners working and enabling them to find work will contribute to solving the problem of the shortage of skilled workers that the German economy suffers from.
The party’s policy paper stated that refugees should join the workforce without bureaucratic obstacles, especially since they already live and work here.
The Green Party paper as well included a call for the establishment of a central immigration agency, so that refugees qualified to work can get a job faster, in addition to reduce the burden on local immigration offices and facilitate the direction of services.
The party document also included a call to develop a plan for English to be a second language in offices, and for the procedures for recognizing academic qualifications to be faster, in addition to accelerating the issuance of visas for foreigners qualified to work in Germany.
The party pointed to the great shortage of skilled workers, and the leader of the Green parliamentary group, Droog, said, “Skilled workers are missing everywhere. There is an urgent need for bus drivers, engineers and nursing staff, and what is required is an alliance with companies and politicians so that more people decide to live and work in Germany.”
Federal government officials, including Chancellor Scholz, Economy Minister Habeck and Finance Minister Lindner, agreed during the 2025 budget discussion last July to ease bureaucratic procedures for foreign workers. The Greens’ Economy Minister at the time demanded that the immigration authority be abolished in granting work permits, and that the immigration authority be given the right to object within two weeks, otherwise foreign workers would be accepted.
