Italy takes twin track on immigration

Koulibaly driving a bus in Florence, Italy. The immigrant from Guinea says he’s doing this job for his family and for all migrants who are in Italy to show others that migrants are not all bad and are willing to do the job many locals deem beneath them. — Reuters

MADOU Koulibaly is the new face of an old Italy.

The 24-year-old, who arrived in the country from Guinea in 2018, is blazing a trail as Tuscany’s first migrant bus driver recruited as part of a drive to fill labour gaps with foreign workers. He was more surprised than anyone.