Four million Romanians have emigrated abroad since joining the EU in 2007 and companies are struggling to recruit. The solution ? Bring in workers from Asia. In the Cluj-Napoca region, they come from Sri Lanka and Vietnam to work in the hotel industry or industry. Report.
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Adapted by Florentin Cassonnet (original article) “We left because of the drop in tourist activity. There were attacks in 2018, then with the covid-19 pandemic, it became even more difficult,” says Ravindu Wanigathunga. The 26-year-old from Sri Lanka is now a pastry chef in a hotel complex in Cluj-Napoca. “Here, I earn a little more than at home and the cost of living is not too high. If I had gone to Western Europe, I would earn more, but the cost of living would be very high, that’s why I preferred Romania. “Ravindu arrived in Transylvania a (…)
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