With Serbia lacking labor, many sectors are seeking to recruit refugees or migrants. According to the authorities, every year 30,000 Serbs leave the country.
In Serbia, the country is looking for workers. Many sectors such as construction, public transport and catering suffer from a lack of staff.
Every year, the authorities estimate that around 30,000 people leave Serbia, particularly young people.
According to Jelena Jevtović, from the Serbian Employers’ Union, certain companies are implementing actions to welcome and integrate new recruits, such as recruiting translators. Other employers speak English with foreign employees.
When these protocols cannot be applied, precise procedures replace the need for translators as in the case of construction sites.
If Serbia wishes to attract labor, the government must put in place measures like those applied in its Croatian neighbor, which has implemented actions to welcome foreign workers to deal with the labor shortage. work in the affected sectors. Like learning the Croatian language.
According to Gordan Bosanac, deputy of the Zagreb City Assembly, this decision by the city of Zagreb was essential, because learning Croatian is the first step towards the integration of foreign workers, who are increasingly more numerous in the capital.
Foreign workers in Zagreb number, according to the data available to the MP, 23,000 people. According to him, we should not wait for the central government to adopt all the integration measures.
Serbia is a key transit country on the Balkan route taken by many refugees and migrants, who wish to settle in countries closer to Europe.