The German Association of Cities sees a dramatic shortage of skilled workers in hospitals, nursing and childcare.
Managing Director Helmut Dedy told the dpa news agency: "We are counting on 230,000 missing teachers in the daycare centers and 300,000 missing nurses in the coming years." .
"We need a lot of skilled workers who we can neither find nor train in Germany at short notice."
Dedy continued, “When the baby boomers retire, the problem worsens dramatically. We don't just have to replace these people with junior staff, we also have to take into account that many of them will be in need of care themselves. ”From 2026, the legal right to all-day care at primary schools will apply. “Up to a million children should then be additionally cared for and supported. We also lack qualified staff for this. It is therefore right that the new federal government wants to make it easier for workers to immigrate to Germany. In the new year, the federal government must take concrete steps very quickly. "
This includes “targeted and quick” recruiting of skilled workers for social professions in other EU countries and third countries, as well as providing concrete support for the training of young people on site.
The federal government must also remove starting hurdles and recognize degrees and professional experience unbureaucratically.