Germany’s cabinet will soon decide on a proposal to make it easier for skilled workers from outside the European Union to move to Germany to take a job as the country seeks to ease chronic labour shortages, Reuters reports. The new proposal mainly addresses relaxing migration policy for professionals outside the EU, since EU citizens enjoy free labour movement in the EU bloc. Figures from Germany’s Federal Employment Agency found a record 1.2 million jobs remain unfilled in Germany during the second quarter of 2018. In a paper seen by Reuters, the German Interior, Labour and Economy ministries agreed to recruit more foreign skilled labour to Germany, and they have sent the proposal paper to the rest of the cabinet, which will decide on it soon and changes to it are still possible. The paper also proposes that the government will no longer insist that companies give preference to German citizens in filling vacancies before looking for non-EU foreigners. Reuters added that graduates and workers with vocational training would have an opportunity to come to Germany to look for a job within a certain period if they meet qualification and language requirements. Furthermore, qualification recognition procedures in Germany will become faster and easier.