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Many Tunisians, upfront with years of economic crisis, are seeking a legal path to emigrate to Germany. Recently, Germany granted 5,474 work permits to Tunisians from January to October as against 4,462 in the whole of last year
Many Tunisians, upfront with years of economic crisis, are seeking a legal path to emigrate to Germany. Recently, Germany granted 5,474 work permits to Tunisians from January to October as against 4,462 in the whole of last year. Germany has no quota restrictions based on countries of origin and is relatively liberal in recognising foreign diplomas as the country has a huge need for workers in sectors like health and IT, hospitality, building, laying fiber-optic cables, or driving heavy goods vehicles.
Some employers are keen to hire expatriates and offer contracts to help ease the visa process and even pay for six months of language orientation. Demand for German classes has risen sharply since 2020. Tunisia has an advantage in this regard since it was an erstwhile French colony and people are used to speaking foreign languages.
Some of the people undergoing language training are often highly qualified. Tunisia has one of the Arab world’s most reputable education systems. But faces a huge unemployment rate and prospects for improving that in the future are dim. Unemployment among educated youths is as high as 30 percent.
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Economic ills are another reason for emigration. Inflation topped 9 percent year-on-year in October. With sluggish growth, vast public debt, and many sectors closed off to new entrants, life in the North African country is becoming difficult.
President Kais Saied who grabbed power in 2021 did very little to improve economic confidence. That forces many youngsters to leave the country. Some leave legally, particularly those who are qualified, while those who are not qualified undertake dangerous sea crossings, which have engulfed the lives of many. Others. More than 40,000 engineers and 3,300 doctors in the past five years migrated.
