According to former Philippine Ambassador to Italy Philippe Lhuillier, Italy suffers from a shortage of nurses and may soon start getting foreign nurses, including Filipinos.

They really need nurses. There are hospitals, at least five of them near our embassy, that have closed shop because of the shortage in nurses. Italians love Filipinos because they are clean, and they work well

Filipino nurses are now allowed to work in Italy if they pass the language exam administered by Italy’s Ministry of Health. Unlike previously that it required foreign nurses to attend 4,500 hours in Italian colleges and be fluent in speaking the native language.

Because of the shortage, there are Filipinos (whose employers are doctors) who double as nursing aide for their employers

Based on Philippine government records, 200,000 Filipinos live and work in Italy. Of this figure, 90 percent are legal since the government awards amnesty to illegal immigrants every year.

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