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65,023 Permits Issued For Non-EU Workers In Last 5 Years

65,023 Permits Issued For Non-EU Workers In Last 5 Years
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In the five years between 2018 and 2022, the government issued 65,023 work permits for non-EU workers.

Nationalist Party Deputy Graziella Galea posed the question to Minister for Home Affairs, Security, Reforms and Equality Byron Camilleri.Galea asked how many of these are still in Malta and what coordination took place between Identity Malta and Jobsplus to ensure that these jobs were being carried out.

The Minister revealed that the number of permits of new residences for work were, year by year:

10,178 in 2018

12,644 in 2019

6,592 in 2020

8,060 in 2021

27,549 in 2022

The Minister said that the entities coordinated between each other to carry out inspections on places of work to address any potential abuse.

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