The Government of Andorra is open to giving more permits for summer temporary workers but demands from companies to justify the need for labor

If they should be expanded or not immigration quotas, sold out in record timeis a debate that the Council of Ministers addressed yesterday without closing it. What the minister said, Guillem Casalmade it clear that an eventual expansion of the general quota is ruled out and what is being evaluated is whether more permits are added to the summer quota for hotels and restaurants; 650 permits (those awarded at a start plus the30% expansion which is incorporated into each regulation) that have flown. But before making a decision, data is requested from the business fabric, and that is why the decision taken by the ministerial cabinet was to call a meeting with the representatives of the Business Confederation (CEA)the Unió Hotelera (UHA), Authentic Hotels of Andorra and the Chamber of Commerceso that they quantify the needs and in some way justify why they have found themselves in this situation of problems to cover templates, when “exactly the same quota quota as last year” has been granted.

The general fee is excluded because Casal he recalled that an extension has already been made – an advance on account of the autumn quota – and that there are still authorizations to regularize professionals considered essential. They are the group of 150 permits for doctors or teacherss, while from the other, from 100 for all other residence and work applicationsthe availability is zero. This is where construction would come in, also complaining about not being able to hire staff, but the minister’s spokesperson minimized the impact, remembering that the new contingent could be approved at the end of September (like last year) and that the sector will soon take its usual summer break.

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Casal admitted that he is considering the Government “a dilemma difficult to resolve”, because although it is understood that the business sector must be able have the staff to run the business and sustain the summer season, the problems arising from growth must also be faced and he cited “dysfunctions in housing, waiting lists, mobility”. For this, the arguments are sought. Specifically, “those who want more quota quota will have to tell us for what reason, if they had less than last year or if they had the same or more, why they need it, if they have an exceptional situation, if they have to deal with some unforeseen event”. Furthermore, he continued, “they will also have to argue for us what the percentage of the summer quota is with respect to the set of employees” of the business. The government spokesman insisted that they want to understand why this situation has occurred this year when the number of permits has not been cut, and from there “give a solution as realistic as possible if we have to find one”.

On the eventual effect of the opening of new businesses on the greater need for manpower, the minister defended that the Government it has already been dealt with by including in the second Omnibus Law the possibility of imposing some brake. The text states that “the Government, through regulationscan establish limitations or requirements of all kinds for the granting ofcommercial authorizations of the activities that have or may have a significant impact on this sustainable and orderly growth”, and the minister specified that “we are already working to regulate the commercial openingswe have already held the first meetings and it is a situation that must also be attended to”.