2021 flows decree to be issued as soon as possible
The Agriculture Commission of the Chamber of Deputies is
pushing for the issuing of a new seasonal flows decree for 2021.
The extension of the expiry date of residence permits to 31
July 2021 is a positive step, but it is not enough!
"The extension to 31 July of residence permits expiring
for about 30,000 regular non-EU workers, who arrived with the past 'flow
decrees', is an important support for agricultural businesses who complain of a
lack of seasonal labour due to the Covid-19.
It is now necessary to issue the 'flows decree 2021' as soon
as possible and to push for the 'active quarantine' that has worked in other
European countries".
Foreigners' amnesty: only five hundred foreign farmers registered
"It is estimated that the 'amnesty of the invisibles',
about which we expressed all our perplexity from the beginning, has allowed the
regularisation of just 500 agricultural workers.
Green corridors for the agricultural sector through platform calls
Therefore, the answers to be provided to the sector continue
to be others, such as the activation of the 'green corridors' from the most
interesting countries, such as Romania, but, above all, the matching of supply
and demand in the agricultural sector".
"Technological innovation can easily achieve this goal
through a digital platform that is easily accessible to all, guaranteeing
efficiency and privacy.
The same funds made available in the 'Inclusion and
Cohesion' mission of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan may also be
useful, as already indicated by Parliament."
This was stated by MPs Giuseppe L'Abbate and Filippo
Gallinella (M5S) of the Agriculture Committee of the Chamber of Deputies,
following the approval in the Decree Law Extensions in the Council of Ministers
of the rule that extends the validity of residence permits expiring on 30
April.
Cordiretti's fears
Coldiretti President Ettore Prandini said: " Under the
conditions in which we find ourselves today, it is very important to have a
passport in order to permit freedom of movement within the Union for work or
tourist activities".
In the meantime, seasonal workers have arrived in Abruzzo
from Morocco: they are essential to save the harvest
A plane landed a few days ago in Abruzzo, bringing seasonal
workers from Morocco. It was a flight trip organised by Coldiretti that brought
seasonal labourers to our Italy.
We are talking about 142 skilled seasonal farm workers, who
came from Morocco to help agricultural companies in crisis due to the lack of
labourers: because of the Covid emergency.
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