Özet:

Globalisation has increased free movement of goods, services and capital but current policies have economic, social and security-related concerns regarding mobility of people. In this context, migration is a hot topic since it may be associated with illegal migration and might be considered as a burden for the welfare state. When we focus on the recent European Union (EU) agenda, it can be stated that the main objective is economic development, growth and worldwide competitiveness. As innovation, high-productivity and technological developments highlight the importance of the need for high-skilled labour force and the countries have been struggling with the issues, such as poverty, unemployment or ageing population, qualified immigrant workers and talented students have been preferred by the European labour market due to the shortage of skilled workers among the EU citizens. Therefore, a number of directives, which set out the minimum standards for the Member States, regulate labour migration processes for third-country nationals to facilitate their entry, residence and work permits; and to protect their rights. This paper tries to find answers for the following questions at macro level: How immigration policies in the EU influence labour migration in Germany? What are the tools of the EU for managing labour migration? What kind of labour migration policies are being implemented in Germany? It can be noted that the EU has restrictive migration policies to attract high-skilled labourers and facilitates exclusively their migration processes particularly in some sectors. Moreover, addressing the most famous receiving country, this paper focuses on German labour migration policies to see the current situation in a member state. As a conclusion, it can be seen that although there are some initiatives to attract foreign high-skilled workers, the influence of the EU migration policies remains limited in German labour migration.