Grappling with an acute shortage of skilled labour, Germany on Friday enacted provisions of a law granting residence rights for skilled immigrant workers without requiring them to first have their qualifications recognized in Germany.” “Skilled workers with a degree and professional experience will be able to enter and work in Germany without a prior recognition procedure,” Education Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger told dpa. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and Labour Minister Hubertus Heil also decribed the changes as an important building block in the national labour market. “We are ensuring …