Italy to issue 500,000 non-EU work visas over next three years

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ER Editor: Understandably, this approach to allowing up to half a million more migrants into the country, in the low- or non-skilled class from non-EU countries, is getting short shrift on Twitter/X. A low-paid migration influx that benefits businesses and employers.

If you search this (Italy to issue 500,000 non-eu work visas) on Google, a lot of stories come up in foreign press from China, Pakistan, India, Arab news, etc. A reminder that this is a plan, which has not yet come into effect.

Translation: « Italy will issue nearly 500,000 new work visas to third-country nationals between 2026 and 2028 to expand the « channels of legal immigration » Can we now stop with the myth « Meloni is fighting immigration »?

« L’Italie délivrera près de 500 000 nouveaux visas de travail aux ressortissants de pays tiers entre 2026 et 2028 afin d’élargir les « canaux d’immigration légale »

On peut maintenant arrêter avec le mythe « Meloni combat l’immigration » ? https://t.co/BY925PhxwW

— Cercle Aristote (@Cercle_Aristote) June 30, 2025

Translation: Italy will issue approximately 500,000 new work visas for non-EU citizens from 2026 to 2028 to expand “legal immigration channels,” citing “labor shortages” as the reason. Patriots, soon you will be the immigrants

L’Italia rilascerà circa 500.000 nuovi visti di lavoro per cittadini extracomunitari dal 2026 al 2028 per ampliare i “canali di immigrazione legale”, adducendo come motivazione la “carenza di manodopera”.

Patrioti tra poco gli immigrati sarete voi https://t.co/3vObGjonDo

— Wbfe3🍊🚜8️⃣8️⃣🪂 (@ravel80262268) June 30, 2025

Translation: The Meloni government, after years of anti-immigration rhetoric, approves a new labor flow decree that provides for the entry into Italy of 500,000 foreign workers between 2026 and 2028, in addition to the 450,000 already authorized for the 2023-2025 period. Palazzo Chigi speaks of “indispensable labor” for the economy, effectively admitting that the Italian production system cannot function without migrant workers.

However, the measure does not address the real structural issues: the click-day system remains, along with stifling bureaucracy and a framework that has already shown clear limitations. In 2023, only 7.5% of the allocated quotas translated into permits and regular employment. The percentage remains low in 2024 as well. CGIL and Flai denounce the risk of exploitation: migrants are called to work but often remain without protections, documents, or contracts. Without deep reforms, such as overcoming the Bossi-Fini law, the decree remains a mechanism useful only for securing low-cost labor, ignoring the rights of those involved. In short, the government exploits migrants to keep the economy running, without granting them real legal and labor dignity. A contradiction that reveals the hypocrisy of those who preach closure but depend on foreign labor.

Il governo Meloni, dopo anni di retorica contro l’immigrazione, approva un nuovo decreto flussi che prevede l’ingresso in Italia di 500mila lavoratori stranieri tra il 2026 e il 2028, oltre ai 450mila già autorizzati per il triennio 2023-2025. Palazzo Chigi parla di “manodopera… pic.twitter.com/1igaF1RKGq

— Collettiva (@collettiva_news) July 1, 2025

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Italy’s hard-right government has agreed to issue 500,000 visas for non-EU workers over the next three years, but a top trade union warned Tuesday that only structural change would tackle labour shortages. (AFP/File)

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