The vacancies for seasonal workers are estimated at more than 1000 – based on low specialization (eg, cleaners) – in the hotels of the prefectures of Pieria and Halkidiki, as he points out in APE-MPE the president of the Panhellenic Hoteliers Federation (POX), Grigoris Tassiosfirst vice president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE).
These positions – which at the national level are estimated, according to Mr. Tassios, that exceed 10,000, especially in terms of low-skilled hotels – could be filled after training in accommodation structures, by refugees and asylum seekers, who are interested in working in the hotel industry in Greece.
“For the last six months we have been cooperating with the Ministry of Immigration Policy and the competent Undersecretary, Sofia Voultepsi, to see how this could be done. The design is to see if there are people who could be trained for this purpose within the hosting structures. This training will probably start in May, while everything will “run” in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM). “Once the effort is complete and the training is completed, a second process will follow, that of placing people in the hotel units where they are needed.” explains Mr. Tassios.
Is there any interest on the part of refugees for employment in the hotel and tourism sector of Greece? According to the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum, the refugees and migrants who participated a few days ago with a physical presence in the Career Week for Hospitality and Tourism, in Athens and Thessaloniki, amounted to 350, who along with another 300 who connected online , took part in interviews with representatives of the largest hotel groups in the country. The event in Athens was attended by 23 hotel companies and in Thessaloniki 12.
Meanwhile, on the occasion of the difficult times facing Greek expatriates and refugees from Ukraine, the Minister of Tourism, Vassilis Kikilias, recently pointed out that there are a total of 50,000 surplus jobs in Greek tourism, which were not covered by the domestic market last year.
“Could these people, with dignity, with European contracts and collective bargaining agreements be absorbed and help in this sector,” said Mr. Kikilias, explaining that such a thing is provided by Presidential Decree 80/2006, based on European directive, while on Thursday the European Home Affairs Council is expected to determine the exact terms and conditions.
It is also recalled that in a post on his personal Twitter account, the director of the Sani / IKOS group, Andreas Andreadis, honorary president of SETE, announced his intention to offer employment and free accommodation on the terms and remuneration of their Greek colleagues to 300 Ukrainian employees. in Ukrainian tourism._
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