97,663 Georgian citizens apply for 5,000 seasonal jobs in Germany
Georgian citizens will be able to find temporary legal employment on the German labour market for a maximum of 90 days. Photo: IPN.
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In total 97,663 Georgian citizens have registered for a seasonal employment programme in Germany, while there are only 5,000 vacancies available at this stage, reports the State Employment Promotion Agency.
It was initially announced that only 500 Georgian citizens would be able to find seasonal work in Germany in 2021, but the State Employment Promotion Agency recently reported that the number of vacancies has been increased to 5,000.
Registration for the programme started on February 15 and will continue throughout the year on the website https://workabroad.moh.gov.ge.
Georgian citizens will be able to find temporary legal employment on the German labour market for a maximum of 90 days.
Seasonal work in the agricultural sector will start in April 2021 in Germany.
Georgia is also negotiating with France, Greece and Israel on seasonal employment programmes.
In total 97,436 Georgian citizens have registered for a seasonal employment programme in Germany, while there are only 350 vacancies available at this stage, reports the State Employment Promotion Agency.
Georgia is negotiating with France, Greece and Israel on seasonal employment, announces Health Minister candidate Ekaterine Tikaradze. A similar agreement has already been reached with Germany where Georgian citizens will be able to find temporary legal employment in the agriculture sector for a maximum of 90 days starting April 2021.
Starting February 15 Germany will allow Georgian citizens to find legal employment in the country's agriculture sector, said German Ambassador to Georgia Hubert Knirsch after a meeting with Georgian Minister of Internally Displaced Persons, Labour, Health and Social Affairs Ekaterine Tikaradze.
Georgian citizens will now be allowed to seek employment as clinic support staff in Israel thanks to a new bilateral agreement on temporary employment for Georgian citizens in Israel signed between Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenaz and Georgian Ambassador to Israel Lasha Zhvania, announces the Embassy of Israel to Georgia.
Georgia has reported 580 new cases of Covid-19 after conducting a total of 13,198 PCR tests and 16,531 rapid tests over the last 25 hours. Out of the 580 new cases 331were reported in Tbilisi.
In total 1,132 Georgian citizens have already registered for one-year employment program in Israel, while there are only 1,000 vacancies available for home care specialists in 2021.
Georgia is negotiating with nine European countries to allow temporary legal employment of Georgian nationals, a report by the Georgian Government, submitted to the country’s Parliament on Wednesday, said.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday said Georgia and Moldova were classified as safe countries of origin, adding it was “not plausible” to assume “systemic oppression” in the two states.
Peter Fischer, the German Ambassador to Georgia, on Friday said his Government had classified Georgia as a country of safe origin, leading to Georgian citizens seeking asylum in Germany having to prove they are being persecuted or having their individual and human rights violated in their home country.