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Migration in Italy: What are the Unions' expectations?

16 June 2015

The following is an interview with Silvana Cappuccio from The Italian General Confederation of Labour (CIGL), who expresses her views about Unions' expectations to organize and protect the migrant workers in Italy. Ms. Cappuccio also explains how the ILO can work with Unions to facilitate the implementation of new labour standard to facilitate the transition from informal to formal economy.

Cinzia Del Rio: “A migration policy is urgent in the European Union”

01 April 2014

The recent deaths of hundreds of migrants seeking to reach Europe highlight the need to have a comprehensive policy on migration. According to Cinzia Del Rio who chairs the international department of Unione Italiana del Lavoro (UIL), Italian unions are faced with many challenges with respect to migrant workers. In this interview, she gives her views on migration in Europe, and more particularly in Italy. Ms Del Rio expects strong support from the ILO to build a legal framework at the European level in order to protect migrant workers.

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