From the monitoring of the flows “alarming data emerge: from some regions, above all Campania, we have recorded a number of applications for work authorization for non-EU citizens, during the click day, totally disproportionate compared to the number of potential employers, be they individuals or businesses”. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said this in her briefing on the topic of migratory flows.
“On permits for seasonal work, i.e. for work in the agricultural or tourism-hotel fields, in 2023, out of a total of 282,000 applications, 157,000 arrive from Campania, while 20,000 arrive from Puglia. Except that, for example in the agricultural sector, Puglia it has around 12% of Italian agricultural businesses and Campania only 6% – the prime minister recalled -.
An even more worrying fact is that given the exorbitant number of applications for authorization, only a minimal percentage of foreigners who obtained a visa for work reasons on the basis of the ‘Flows Decree’ actually signed an employment contract”. In Campania, less than 3% of those who enter with a permit then sign an employment contract. However, a significant gap between the number of people entering Italy for work reasons and the employment contracts that are actually stipulated is a characteristic that many Italian regions have in common, albeit with less frightening numbers”, he explained.
