By 2028, Italy will need to hire up to 3.9 million people to support its productive system. Among them, over 640,000 could be foreign workers, whose presence is crucial to fill gaps in key sectors such as agriculture, industry, and fashion. In these areas, their contribution represents a significant portion of the workforce required: 35%, 28%, and 45.7%, respectively.
An article on Avvenire analyzes this scenario, exploring the challenges related to integration and the opportunities that foreign workers offer to strategic sectors of the country.
Pietro Derossi, interviewed on the topic, explained that many foreign workers obtain the work permit and visa, but upon their arrival in Italy, they find the employer has disappeared, preventing the completion of the process. To address this issue, Derossi suggests introducing a financial administrative penalty for those who not only fail to start the employment relationship but disappear without justification, thus condemning the migrant worker to a situation of irregularity.