The "German rule" for the Western Balkans for employment should remain in force until 2023, writes Deutsche Welle and states that citizens from Serbia, BiH, Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo will be able to go to Germany regardless of professional training.
"Reliefs when it comes to the rules for citizens of the Western Balkans to go to Germany have been extended," said the Frankfurter Algemajne Cajtung (FAZ).
The draft decree in which the sheet was inspected states that the labor force from the Western Balkans should have easier access to the German market labor in the next three years.
After lengthy negotiations in the ruling coalition, the Minister of Labor proposed a draft decree regulating it and sent it to the other ministers for a vote.
The draft provides for the so-called Rule for the Western Balkans from 2016, which expires in December this year, to be extended until 2023. But a new upper limit is envisaged: up to 25,000 people can enter the country annually in that facilitating way from the region.
In the background of that decision are the dilemmas of the domestic politicians in the CDU who initially refused any extension of those rules.
Last year, German embassies abroad issued a total of 27,000 work visas based on that rule, according to the draft decree, the paper said.
A study by the Institute for Labor Market and Occupational Research found that people in the Western Balkans earn an average of 12 euros and that only one percent of them in Germany are unemployed or in need of help.
