Italian deputy PM wants to swap migrants for children

Fixing the acute demographic crisis would lessen the country’s dependence on a foreign workforce, Italian Deputy PM Antonio Tajani believes

Italians should focus on having more children to replenish the country’s dwindling workforce so as to avoid bringing in more migrants in the future, Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has suggested.

Over the past decade, Italy has had one of the lowest birthrates in Europe, and its demographic crisis continues to worsen. The country’s fertility rate hit a new record low last year, standing at 1.14, down from 1.18 the previous year, provisional figures from Italy’s national…

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