Analysis-Italy's Meloni talks tough on migrants while opening up to foreign workers

FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni speaks during a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, December 3, 2023. REUTERS/Zorana Jevtic/File Photo

ROME (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.