The Italian chapter of UNICEF has released a handbook to help young migrants and refugees find work or the right schooling in Italy. The goal is to support the thousands of teens who arrive without their families each year.
Two years ago Franck* was living in difficult conditions in a migrant camp on the Greek island of Samos. Now, he and his family have been offered a home in a welcome center in France and they have a future to look forward to at last.
A planned total of 75,000 people are to be allowed to arrive in Italy for work according to the 2022 government decree. That's around 5,000 more than during last year's decree. Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese said that there is a lack of personnel in specific sectors.
Italian farmers' association Coldiretti warns that Italy needs at least 100,000 seasonal migrant farmworkers to guarantee the fruit and vegetable harvest during the upcoming summer season.
Six million refugees have poured out of Ukraine as they flee Russia's invasion, according to estimates. Their welcome in Central Europe has been generous and genuine, and some hosts are also eyeing potential benefits.
Italian Labor and Social Policies Minister Andrea Orlando has stressed the need to integrate migrants to fill voids in the country's labor market. He said that legal pathways of immigration must be built in Italy.
A project launched in La Spezia, in the northwestern Liguria region, offers Ukrainian refugees the possibility of accepting seasonal jobs in the restaurant business and in hotels.
In the Czech Republic tens of thousands of refugees from Ukraine are filling jobs that had long been vacant. Those who aren't working risk losing welfare benefits under government proposals.
A three-year Memorandum of Understanding has been signed in Italy to train 3,000 refugees and vulnerable migrants to work in the construction sector in order to help them towards autonomy.
Rama* left Guinea almost three years ago because she feared for her life. She arrived in Cyprus to begin again. This is her story.
The European Commission has launched a project for a platform to facilitate access to the labor market for Ukrainian refugees.The initiative is expected to be up and running by summer.
Research has found that foreign nationals in Italy are poorer than those born in the country. Migrants have also suffered greater effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to worsening poverty.