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In trouble for workers: "Albanians built us half of Greece, now they have fled to countries where they live and are paid better"

2023-12-19 21:10:13Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
In trouble for workers: "Albanians built us half of Greece, now they have
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Greece passed a new law aimed at granting three-year residency permits to illegal immigrants in a bid to boost the number of workers in mostly heavy jobs, a huge vacuum the neighboring country is experiencing due to the departure of the force. Albanian worker.

The Greek newspaper Kathimerini, through a comment, writes about this phenomenon, saying among other things that the Albanians, who built Greece since the 90s, have already left for Western countries where they live and are paid better.

Full article in the Greek newspaper:

Those who live in the suburbs (the politically correct term for local people) experience the problems and anxiety of small farmers, small business owners, and summer home owners to find workers for various jobs. Albanians, who in the 1990s built half of Greece and contributed a lot to the miracle of economic development in the 20 years before Greece's debt crisis, have left the country: the youngest to other Western countries, where they earn more money and live better, while the elderly have returned to their homeland.

Images of a man in a pick-up truck going to a local square to pick from a group of workers patiently waiting for a job in the fields or construction are now a thing of the past. Now everyone is begging the remaining immigrants to "come when they can". Competition drives up wages, wages drive up the prices of agricultural produce (mostly) and in the end everyone complains on the TV channels about damn inflation.

It seems that the residents of the wealthy northern suburbs of Athens and the representatives of the small far-right parties in the Parliament do not know these things. We are referring to those who raged against the government's new amendment that allows illegal immigrants to stay and work in Greece, under strict conditions: their employer in Greece must declare them, they must have lived in place for at least three years, and more.

Some of them entered Greece illegally. They are "illegal", say those who have a clear intention to insult them. Others – and perhaps most immigrants – had residence permits but did not renew them, mainly because any such attempt is an exhaustive procedure with no guaranteed results. Considering what Greek citizens go through when they fall into the clutches of the state, we can imagine what a foreigner goes through who may not even speak the language well.

However, there is one thing we certainly don't have to worry about. That "with this amendment, our country basically becomes a beacon for the attraction of illegal immigrants", as former conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras claimed on December 15, when it was discussed in Parliament. The reality is very different: We beg them to stay and yet they leave.

It is typical for politicians to try to "sell" patriotism in exchange for votes. Everyone does it. The downside is that some of them go beyond that.

They import fear, either from the past, or from the experience of other countries, regardless of the damage they cause to the economy and ultimately to the country itself, which they theoretically and hypocritically want to protect - or so they claim.


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