Lombardy, a city in italy, is a
region where about a quarter of all foreign population of italy lives.
In the past decades the number
of immigrants to italy grew a lot, and finding work is one of the most important factors for the sucessfull
integration of immigrants.
But the rate of unemployed
immigrants is still high and the situation on the italien labour market is
difficult for them.
“Whoever has a job may enter the country; more precisely, a job that we
do not want to do”, is said in the article „The Labor Market Condition of
Immigrants in Italy: The case of Lombardy“ - and that is the problem.
Italy needs the immigrants to
satisfy their labour needs and the immigrants are willing to do work that the
locals refuse to do.
In Lombardy they are employed in
agriculture, hotels and restaurants, construction sector or in the private
household sector, in low-skilled,
low-paid elementary occupations for which they are often overqualified. Most of
the immigrants do not have the
possibility to use many of their qualifications, because of the mismatch
between their qualifications and the job they do.
More than 80% of men work in
jobs which are below their level of education. The same problem for women: 16% of domestic care workers and 11% of
domestic cleaners and helpers have university degrees.
Activity and employment rates
for recent immigrants are lower than those for longer established migrants.
Means those who stay longer, are four times less likely to be unemployed and
ten times more likely to be self – employed.
For immigrants in italy it is
hard to gain ground on the italian labour market.
SLS
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