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Illegal workers in agriculture and households benefit because Corona’s travel bans mean there are no workers from Eastern Europe, for example.
The Italian government reached an agreement on Wednesday on a decree to legalize seasonal workers employed in agriculture and households. This could legalize around 300,000 undeclared workers and 200,000 illegally employed domestic workers.
Foreigners who had already worked in agriculture in 2019 should initially receive work and residence permits for six months. Domestic workers with expired permits should be legalized, she said. The decree has not yet been presented.
The government operates mainly under pressure from agriculture, which fears a severe decline in income due to a lack of temporary workers, as many harvest workers from eastern and southeastern Europe were unable to come to Italy due to the crisis in Crown.
Concern about the fall wine harvest.
According to Ettore Prandini, president of the Agricultural Association, the agricultural sector already lost 35 percent of its production in April due to the lack of harvest workers, and the decrease could be 40 percent in May and the following months.
Coldiretti calls on Italy, like Germany and Great Britain, to establish corridors for Eastern Europeans to be used legally for a limited period. Agriculture would otherwise lose five billion euros in exports, he warned. It is particularly important to find qualified personnel for the wine harvest in September.
(APA)
