Spanish nurses want to work in the Nordic countries as their economies fail to be competitive
Friday, 17 February 2012
As the economic prosperity split of Europe between the north and south
expands more, workers migration from the south to the North is growing.
The weak economies of the Southern European countries’ means that
workers in the healthcare industry are looking for work in places such
as Finland.
Not long ago, Sweden was grappling with a wave of southern Europeans
who had flocked here to look for work. Most of them came from Greece,
Portugal and Spain. Now they are beginning to head to Finland.
About 2300 nurses from Spain are reported to be coming to Finland to
seek work, according to reports from NTM-center in Satakunta which
conducts a campaign to attract migrant workers to social and health
care sector.
Under the campaign, employers will initially employ carers to carry out
basic activities because of language limitation. Then as their language
skills improve, they will be integrated more into their areas of
expertise.
The Spanish nurses’ sudden interest in Finland has come as a complete
surprise to the those who work in the project and show how their
economic stagnation has meant that they are ready to move anywhere to
look for work.
By Scancomark.se Team
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