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. "I have never seen an African drive a bus in Italy, especially an African who's arrived on a boat!" Koulibaly is feeling the more welcoming front of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's contrasting immigration plans. RECRUITING FROM MIGRANT CENTRESDespite its pledges to stem rising flows of unauthorised migrants, Meloni's government has had little success. Autolinee Toscane denies discriminating between Italian and foreign workers and offering lower wages to migrants.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 06, 2023 08:16 UTC