Analysis-Skilled, educated and washing dishes: how Italy squanders migrant talent

A migrant worker prepares food ar a restaurant prior to lunch time, in Milan, Italy, April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Claudia Greco

(Reuters) - Marilyn Nabor, an experienced high school mathematics teacher in the Philippines, moved to Italy 14 years ago with high hopes of honing her craft in the country of Galileo and Fibonacci.

Now aged 49, she works as a housekeeper in Rome, counting cobwebs and crockery, and has abandoned hope of returning to her former calling. "This country does not recognise our diploma or curriculum from the Philippines," she said. "I cannot get professional work."