Asturias brings in 200 Peruvian workers as Spain's unemployment tops 10%
Fade renews its agreement to bring 200 skilled Peruvian workers to Asturias, Spain. Welders, electricians and technicians it cannot find in Spain. A failure of local training?
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Asturias imports 200 Peruvian workers: talent or a lack of local training?
The Asturian Employers' Federation (Fade) and the consultancy Talento Grupo Internacional have renewed their agreement to bring 200 skilled professionals from Peru. It is the same number as last year. Welders, boilermakers, industrial electricians, mechatronics technicians... profiles that, according to Fade, are hard to fill in the Asturian labour market.
Two hundred a year: the statistic that questions local training
The plan, which already brought 200 Peruvians to Asturias last year, focuses on industrial sectors, maintenance and construction. The question asks itself: why not look for those workers among the 2.5 million unemployed in Spain? The official answer is that these are vacancies with no candidates holding the necessary qualifications. But the figure of 400 Peruvian workers in two years suggests a skills gap that the Spanish system is not covering.
The shadow of the 'grandchildren law' and other migration policies
The context does not help. While Fade seeks Peruvian talent, Sánchez's government has made it easier for more than 2.5 million foreigners to apply for Spanish citizenship through the 'grandchildren law' (a law granting nationality to descendants of Spaniards), voting rights included. For some analysts, these policies overlap two phenomena: the import of skilled labour and mass regularisation which, they criticise, is not always aimed at the labour market.
Last year 200 arrived; this year another 200. If the model works, Asturias will add 400 Peruvian professionals in two years. The question is whether Spanish vocational training could have filled that gap. For now, Fade has voted with its feet.
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The Asturian Employers' Federation (Fade) and the consultancy Talento Grupo Internacional have renewed their agreement to bring 200 skilled professionals from Peru. It is the same number as last year. Welders, boilermakers, industrial electricians, mechatronics technicians... profiles that, according to Fade, are hard to fill in the Asturian labour market.
Two hundred a year: the statistic that questions local training
The plan, which already brought 200 Peruvians to Asturias last year, focuses on industrial sectors, maintenance and construction. The question asks itself: why not look for those workers among the 2.5 million unemployed in Spain? The official answer is that these are vacancies with no candidates holding the necessary qualifications. But the figure of 400 Peruvian workers in two years suggests a skills gap that the Spanish system is not covering.
The shadow of the 'grandchildren law' and other migration policies
The context does not help. While Fade seeks Peruvian talent, Sánchez's government has made it easier for more than 2.5 million foreigners to apply for Spanish citizenship through the 'grandchildren law' (a law granting nationality to descendants of Spaniards), voting rights included. For some analysts, these policies overlap two phenomena: the import of skilled labour and mass regularisation which, they criticise, is not always aimed at the labour market.
Last year 200 arrived; this year another 200. If the model works, Asturias will add 400 Peruvian professionals in two years. The question is whether Spanish vocational training could have filled that gap. For now, Fade has voted with its feet.
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