Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU), wool Together with Federal interior, asylum-seekers with an employment ban, to allow short-term work in agriculture, said Klöckner the Newspapers of the Funke media group by Sunday. “Many come from safe countries of origin such as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro and want to mitanpacken, to bring in”, said the CDU-politician is convinced.

she also pointed to the fact that already many helpers on the platform www.daslandhilft.de would have reported. “The rush is huge – over 30,000 listings, it was only in the first five days,” said Klockner.

Klöckner want to send cooks and waiters on the fields

The mediation portal for harvesters in the Corona-crisis was launched on Tuesday on the website www.daslandhilft.de . It should help to replace the Seasonal workers from abroad who are not able to come due to the pandemic in Germany. The Federal state Ministry of economic Affairs supports the Portal.

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Due to the should be allowed to come harvest workers in agriculture, in spite of the current entry restrictions due to the Corona-crisis more easily to Germany. But apparently, it is foreseeable that this option will not be sufficiently used. Klöckner had suggested, therefore, to send workers from the catering to the fields, unable to work because of the Shutdowns on the foreseeable period of time.

“a Whole package of measures”

“harvest and sowing, which can’t be moved, such as a concert or sporting events,” stressed Klöckner now. Due to a lack of Seasonal workers, many farmers are therefore worried. “With a whole package of measures, we will support you and try to win in Germany, helping hands for use in the field,” said the Minister.

Previously announced, Klöckner touring on an Eleven-point Plan against supply bottlenecks. Partly because time is of the essence now. So the “market would suffer from may,” if not now, vegetables to be planted. The “massive shortage of labour,” “had a tremendous impact on our primary production”.

Germany now needs tens of thousands of seasonal workers

“Our self-sufficiency in some basic food products over 100 percent”, – quotes “Business Insider” Klöckner. In the case of fruit and vegetables, but just under 40 percent. In March, Germany need a rule to 30,000 Seasonal workers, may even of 85,000. This is, in the present Situation is impossible, the Minister said.

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