Invitation to 90,000 third-country workers

A furniture enactment approved earlier Christmas provides for the invitation to Greece of 89,290 workers from third countries this year, successful bid to capable the ample gaps identified successful the labour market. 

Although the applicable ministries are promoting important changes to the existent organization framework, aiming astatine a faster and easier transfer process for overseas workers, the permitted positions for the existent year were foreseen successful the enactment already published successful the Government Gazette, earlier than past time. This is due to the fact that there is important unit from employers to screen their needs, chiefly successful sectors such arsenic farming, tourism and construction.

Among the foreseen specialties are unskilled onshore workers, builders, instrumentality operators, mill workers, arsenic well arsenic bureau employees, while much than fractional of the positions, namely 45,520 retired of a total of 89,290, interest seasonal work.

The erstwhile corresponding determination initially acrophobic 147,925 jobs for the play 2023-24, while there was besides a supplementary determination successful 2024 that approved an further 32,517 transfers of workers from third countries to conscionable the needs of employers chiefly successful the agricultural, construction, tourism and nutrient sectors.

For 2025, the enactment stipulates that the maximum fig of positions for babelike employment is 41,670. Seasonal employment concerns 45,670 positions, while there are besides 2,000 jobs that were approved regarding highly skilled employment. Of the babelike employment positions, 38.39% (16,000 retired of 41,670) interest unskilled workers who will beryllium called upon to capable the gaps successful agricultural, livestock, forestry and sportfishing workers.

The fig of jobs for bureau employees is 5,000. Workers successful this class will beryllium employed successful home companies that person concluded agreements and run arsenic branches of overseas companies and person undertaken the promotion of products and the proviso of technical support.

Some 9,000 positions will beryllium covered by bilateral agreements. The 4,000 vacancies successful farming, forestry, fisheries and tourism are planned to beryllium filled by workers coming from Bangladesh, done the statement signed by the authorities with Bangladesh, successful unit since September 2022. The remaining 5,000 vacancies, concerning seasonal employment successful the cultivation sector, will beryllium filled done the statement with Egypt, successful unit since January 2023.