Thousands of migrants will be able to get their papers in Greece as part of efforts to stem acute labor shortages hitting key sectors of a resurgent economy.
In a move that has created turmoil in his center-right party, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis approved legislation on Tuesday regulating the status of some 30,000 unregistered workers.
Critics of the bill, which was approved in a parliamentary vote with the approval of the left-wing opposition, have described it as dangerous. Mitsotakis’ predecessor, Antonis Samaras, who voted against the law, had argued that it risked turning Greece into “an attractive beacon for…