“After the formation of the Government we had to quickly define the flows of regular entry into Italy”, then “we issued the Prime Ministerial Decree which implements the programming for the three-year period 2023-2025” and “set up a technical table to monitor its application. Now that monitoring reveals alarming data.” Giorgia Meloni said this in a statement to the CDM.
“From some regions, above all Campania – he underlined -, we 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 companies” .
“On seasonal work permits,
that is, for work in the agricultural or tourism-hotel fields – continued Meloni -, 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 has around 12% of Italian agricultural businesses and Campania only 6%. An even more worrying fact – he added – is that given the exorbitant number of applications for authorization, only a minimal percentage of the foreigners who obtained the visa for work reasons on the basis of the “Flows Decree” actually signed a contract of Work. In Campania, less than 3% of those who enter with a permit then sign an employment contract”.
“A significant gap between the number of people entering Italy for work reasons and the employment contracts that are then actually stipulated – he observed – is however a characteristic that many Italian regions have in common, albeit with less frightening numbers. What emerges from the data is therefore that: 1. in some territories the number of requests is enormous compared to the absorption capacity of the local productive fabric, and is therefore easily apparent 2. in almost all Italian regions there is a significant gap between those who enter for the purpose of work and who actually signs an employment contract”.
