Italy grants migrant workers the second most favourable eligibility to access the labour market, after SE. It receives the same scores as ES, PT and CH. Non-EU migrants have equal access to employment and self- employment as EU nationals. Italy would attain best practice on eligibility if migrants' skills and qualifications were recognised under the same procedures as for EEA nationals. Although Italy provides programmes in migrants' countries of origin, labour integration measures in Italy are rather limited. Migrants do, however, enjoy equal access as EU nationals to vocational training and study grants. Once employed, migrant workers enjoy security and rights as workers which both reach best practice. The same is true in seven other MIPEX countries.
