Domestic Workers: 90% FOREIGN ROMA A city within a city: this is the most appropriate term to define the extended community of immigrants in Rome. For some time, in fact, the Capital represents the largest concentration of foreigners, among them a large chunk is represented by those who find work as domestic helpers or caregivers, an abbreviation used to identify the so-called "family helpers". Who are these workers and what are the characteristics of the phenomenon? According to data of the fourth Caritas report on immigration, over 431mila immigrants in the province of Rome and 165mila employees born in foreign countries, about 15 thousand work in helping families, 9.5% of the total. In Rome, Furthermore, it is stranger than 90% of the total (Italians and foreigners) of the employees of this industry in our city holds the record for number of family workers immigrants. Most of those, nearly 87% of foreign domestic, are women, with an average age is around 40 years, while a 18% share over 50 years. This is because, as we explained Dr. Geneva De Maio, coordinator of the report together with Franco Pittau, many women are middle-aged ladies who start leaving daughters and family in the country of origin. The main countries of origin are those belonging to the former Soviet Union, notably Romania, Ukraine and Poland: about 43%, in fact, comes from a country in Central and Eastern Europe, Africa 23% and 16% from Latin America. A good deal has also graduated and does occupations lower than the qualification: in Rome among the foreign residents, those with a university degree or high school are 52%, with an education higher than the rest of Italy , where 42%. Domestic workers and care workers earn on average, according to the INPS, € 4,860 a year (just over € 400 per month), in fact half the salary received by an immigrant worker (amounting to 10,000 € per year). This may depend on several factors: employers are families who can not always pay high figures, part of the work is not declared and remains in the realm of the underground economy, most domestic workers are women, which was generally seen receiving remuneration less than that of men by about 41.2%. But what are the intentions of foreign domestic helpers and caretakers? Almost all of them are made in Italy since 2006 to 2007 were only 16,900 immigrants were removed from the registry lists to move abroad. Trend probably favored by the desire to promote the adjustment, although in practice the situation was not always the same: if in 2002, following the so-called "Major adjustment", domestic workers have exceeded 500 000 units by the emergence of about 250 thousand immigrant workers relegated to the first submerged in later years rather than increasing their number has decreased, probably because the assessments are made on the occasion of the procedures to facilitate the regularization of legal presence in Italy, but then is interrupted, either partially or totally ('relaying'), at least until such time as is necessary to renew the residence permit ('surfacing'). With the latest decree on immigration (2007's) was, however, provided a share of domestic workers to bring in regular amounted to 65,000 in Italy and 4,000 in the province of Rome. The formalities necessary for the employer is to provide domestic workers and carers of a residence permit if they are non-EU citizens and residence card for those nationals of non EEC. Be recorded, finally, the emergence of associations for the inclusion and protection of migrant workers: one can cite, for example, the ACLI Maid Service, Professional Association, which organizes the ACLI employees and family workers, and Api-maids, an association Church consultants both nationally and in local field. Since March 2005, also exists in Rome on "national registry for domestic helpers," a proper register in which are recorded the names of all those who care for the elderly, available to anyone looking for a qualified partner with experience. CLEAR PRIOR (04/10/2008)
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