A project called Labour Integration for Migrants Employment (LIME) has opened the application process to select 50 migrant asylum seekers, international protection holders, or previously unaccompanied minors between the ages of 18 to 29 years old. The program will give the migrants a chance to enter the workforce in Rome and its province.
Italy’s Lazio region has taken measures to fight exploitation in the agricultural sector and combat gang masters. The project, entitled “For quality work in agriculture” includes an app to help fight the exploitation of workers and to support farms who are following legal practices.
Ernest Zhanaev is from Kyrgyzstan. He has a long career behind him, first as a banker, then as a human rights defender. Now he wants to make it as a journalist in the UK where he holds refugee status.
In an unprecedented serial killing case that has shocked the Mediterranean island, a Greek Cypriot army captain who murdered five migrant women and two girls was handed seven life sentences. Accusations of rampant racism and police negligence had led to the dismissal of the police chief and the resignation of the justice minister.
Sara Sharfaldeen was a journalist in Sudan. She lived in a luxury apartment block, had a driver and a live-in housekeeper and was the political editor of a newspaper. Her work placed her under scrutiny from the government and she felt forced to flee in 2015 arriving in the UK by plane.
A new study has found that although many refugees find work, most are in temporary positions. Researchers say that bureaucratic hurdles are just as much a hindrance as personal shortcomings.
Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees says some 27,000 EU Blue Cards for skilled non-EU migrants were awarded in Germany in 2018. In many of the cases, they were extensions for existing residents.
Sweden and Switzerland are among the most favored destinations for skilled migrant workers, according to an international survey. The OECD poll published on Wednesday links countries' migration policies with their attractiveness to workers from abroad.
More men than women migrants are entering paid employment in Germany, according to government figures. The percentage of unemployed migrant men who got jobs has increased significantly in the past three years, while the situation for women has remained consistently poor.
Two German universities are running courses to help qualify refugee teachers to work in German schools . Who can apply? And will they get a job after finishing the program? InfoMigrants spoke with the coordinator and its participants to find out.
Angela Merkel's government presented its long-awaited draft immigration law to the Bundestag — and got plenty of criticism from all political sides in return. Reforms to attract skilled workers aren't enough for some.
In a new report, the Oxfam charity said that as a result of the Salvini decree, more than 4,000 young workers in migrant reception have been out of a job since the start of the year. It said the number could rise to 15,000 by the end of 2019, with a social cost of 200 million euros.