Foreign Healthcare Workers and COVID-19 in Europe: The Paradox of Unemployed Skilled Labour

This report provides an overview of the skilled migrant health workforce and their contribution to systems in European countries, particularly relation COVID-19 pandemic. Migrant workers at all skill levels have worked key areas during Skilled workers, medical practitioners nurses, make up a significant portion frontline are essential keeping developed countries running. While migrants often face fewer hard barriers (entry control policies: visa policy, work permit schemes, labour migration quotas), this faces soft (e.g., lack recognition foreign educational credentials other restrictive or discriminatory measures) accessing host nation’s market, as evidenced article explores phenomenon, focusing on Italy’s sector professionals’ dynamics. The concludes by proffering some practical policy recommendations promote inclusion professionals social care context