Given the difficulty of curbing the flow of migrants arriving on Italian shores (89,000 arrivals in 2023 alone), the government is reportedly considering a change of strategy. That is, to focus more on the use of migrants already present than on policies restricting new entries. That is why, after the agreement between the Ministry of Labor, labor unions and the National Association of Construction Contractors (ANCE) for the job placement of asylum seekers on construction sites, it is now pushing to do the same with regard to the agricultural sector. Both because there is also a labor shortage here and because migrants who have reached 6,000 euros gross annual income must leave the reception centers. With considerable savings, therefore, for the state coffers. The Ministry of the Interior aims to get information directly to migrants (who often do not read newspapers and do not know the Italian language well) about the opportunities that exist for them. Indeed, there is no shortage of tools available to facilitate the matching of supply and demand for agricultural labor. For some time now, the INPS has activated the "agricultural network of quality work", a portal that allows agricultural enterprises that meet certain requirements (basically, the guarantee of compliance with national contracts) to join the list of "virtuous companies". The list now has more than 6800 adhering businesses throughout Italy. Another effective tool may prove to be Coldiretti's "Job in Country" portal. On the Internet, in just a few steps, the candidate worker is able to find information about farms that are looking for staff, the skills (including language) required, and the possibility that the company offers (in addition to work) also room and board. The real problem is the latter: few Italians are willing to rent a house to a foreign worker.
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