Romanian, Italian officials talk on how to determine Romanian workers in Italy to come back home

The two officials agreed to draft a plan which would determine Romanian workers in Italy to return home. One of the options would be for Italian companies in Romania to hire Romanian workers from Italy, Damiano said. The two officials declined to mention other measures yet Damiano talked about the possible usage of the European Social Fund and investing in the training of workers who would return in Romania. Romania is facing an obvious labor force crisis.

Romania’s central bank said money coming from abroad stood at 5.54 billion euros. The Foreign Affairs Ministry had previously said the official number of the Romanians legally living in the EU exceeds 1.2 million, with approximately 500,000 residing in Italy and 450,000 in Spain. Romania ranks tenth in a league drafted by the World Bank on the sums sent home by Romanians working abroad, with a total of 6.8 billion U.S. dollars this year.

Source: NewsIn