Well, thinking about the topic for my final project I’d like to discuss about the difficulties that immigrants face when they have to apply for a job in Italy, and I think that it would be very interesting to compare the situation in both the U.S and Italy as regards this aspect of immigration. For example, in Italy it frequently happens that immigrants are exploited and far less paid than Italians having the same job and they are often forced to do jobs Italians refuse to do, such as assistance for older people or people with disabilities. In particular, I’d like to focus on the problems that skilled immigrants (i.e. those who achieved a university degree and/or have had a high professional experience in their country) encounter in finding the job for which they studied because in most cases their academic and professional qualifications are not or only in part recognized.
In Italy they represent 53% of the immigrants but only 1/3 of them can effectively find fulfilment in their job. I would be interesting to know how is their condition in the US (e.g. who these immigrants are, where they come from, why they migrate from their countries, which are their credentials and how effectively they are taken into consideration etc.) and compare it with their condition in Italy. Moreover, it would be interesting to see to what extent the “Brain drain” phenomenon has spread during the last few years both in Italy and in the U.S.
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