Italy's far-right government, led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, has decided to recruit hundreds of thousands of foreign workers desperately needed to plug labor shortages. For the three-year period [from] 2023-2025, the government expects a total of 452,000 entries, also admitting it is much less than the "detected need of 833,000" workers over that period of time.
According to the IDOS Study and Research Center, Italy needs 280,000 foreign workers annually until 2050 to meet the labor shortfall in various sectors such as agriculture, tourism, and health care, about half the number of asylum applications filed last year.
The country faces labor shortages in 37 occupations, with nurses and other health care professionals in the most demand. The government recently announced it will recruit 10,000 nurses from India to help make up a shortage that is three times that much.
Italian Health Minister Orazio Schillaci said in October that India has an oversupply of nurses. There are 3.3 million nurses in India, indicating a significant opportunity for collaboration to meet Italy's healthcare needs.
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