In search of economic boost, some African countries send workers abroad
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The play should be to ship the global north jobs to Africa.
Something I may or may not be currently doing.
Something I may or may not be currently doing.
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April 2024
A moment from the Community of Sant'Egidio's mission in Côte d'Ivoire on work corridors
The Rome-based Catholic lay organization Sant'Egidio and Mays International have launched a work corridors initiative to facilitate legal labor migration to Italy. The project, starting in Ivory Coast and expanding to Lebanon and Ethiopia, aims to connect skilled workers with job opportunities while addressing labor market needs.
Sant'Egidio announced on its website that the mission marked the first step in implementing work corridors -- a new initiative aimed at enabling the legal entry of migrants sought after by the Italian economy.
The project follows an agreement signed in April with Italy’s Ministries of Interior, Foreign Affairs, and Labor and is being carried out in collaboration with Manpower and Mays International, a company specializing in international project management.
Ivory Coast was the first country visited as part of the initiative, which will also include Lebanon and Ethiopia. The mission involved a team of Sant'Egidio operators and Mays International staff.
According to Sant’Egidio, the mission’s outcome includes gathering key elements to finalize a proposal for presentation to the relevant ministries. A group of Ivorian candidates has already been selected based on their qualifications and will receive additional training in electromechanical engineering—an area of growing demand in Italy’s job market.
April 2024
Italy's Sant'Egidio: Work corridors initiatve in Africa
2025/01/30
A moment from the Community of Sant'Egidio's mission in Côte d'Ivoire on work corridors
The Rome-based Catholic lay organization Sant'Egidio and Mays International have launched a work corridors initiative to facilitate legal labor migration to Italy. The project, starting in Ivory Coast and expanding to Lebanon and Ethiopia, aims to connect skilled workers with job opportunities while addressing labor market needs.
Sant'Egidio announced on its website that the mission marked the first step in implementing work corridors -- a new initiative aimed at enabling the legal entry of migrants sought after by the Italian economy.
The project follows an agreement signed in April with Italy’s Ministries of Interior, Foreign Affairs, and Labor and is being carried out in collaboration with Manpower and Mays International, a company specializing in international project management.
Initiative to also involve Lebanon and Ethiopia
According to the statement, the goal is to identify candidates for legal labor migration while ensuring they receive the necessary training and professional development to meet the needs of Italian businesses.Ivory Coast was the first country visited as part of the initiative, which will also include Lebanon and Ethiopia. The mission involved a team of Sant'Egidio operators and Mays International staff.
Humanitarian corridor model applied to work migration
Inspired by the humanitarian corridors model—which has enabled nearly 8,000 vulnerable refugees to enter Europe legally (including Italy, France, Belgium, and Andorra)—this marks the first time such an approach is being applied to labor migration. Initially, the program will support 300 individuals seeking legal employment in Italy while contributing to the country’s economic development.According to Sant’Egidio, the mission’s outcome includes gathering key elements to finalize a proposal for presentation to the relevant ministries. A group of Ivorian candidates has already been selected based on their qualifications and will receive additional training in electromechanical engineering—an area of growing demand in Italy’s job market.
The play should be to ship the global north jobs to Africa.
Something I may or may not be currently doing.
Much like the USA, Europeans specifically want illegal and poorly educated "global southerners" to do menial jobs that no "fit" European would do.
As illegals, they pay their way over, have to live in the worst housing, and ideally sent back to where they come from if they clamor for rights, practice the wrong religion, or otherwise get rowdy
Ancient Greece and Rome both needed a class of slaves in order to be "great".
Most global fortunes are built on the backs is great crimes, or in the ashes of great tragedy
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I'd be curious to see that research, especially when it comes to countries the video mentioned like Bangladesh and the Philippines.
Maybe my feeling that states adopting this strategy are just unloading their duties onto their diasporas and facilitating their exploitation, in hope of maintaining a semblance of power, comes from my own ignorance...
Nonetheless seeing in this phenomenon a resurgence under another form of a slave trade, as it was mentioned in the article, doesn't seem far-fetched to me.
