123,000 migrants request official papers in Italy

(ANSA) - Rome, July 16 - The Italian interior ministry said Thursday that it had thus far received 123,429 requests for the regularisation of undocumented migrant workers. Some 11,101 are currently being assessed, it noted. The procedure has been open since June 1 and will end on August 15. Cleaners and caregivers make up the bulk of both the requests already assessed, 87%, and those currently being worked on, 76%.
    An average of 3,000 requests were submitted every day between July 1 and July 15, with the Lombardy region seeing the highest number of requests for caregivers and cleaners and Campania for agricultural workers. Most of those requesting permits as cleaners or carers were from Ukraine, Bangladesh or Morocco, while Albanians, Moroccans and Indians are the largest number of those requesting permits as agricultural workers. The vast majority of employers requesting the regularization for their employees are Italian nationals. (ANSA).