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6 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 10 JANUARY 2021 NEWS JAMES DEBONO MALTA has the highest share of foreign workers working in the long-term care (LTC) sector in the European Union, a group that includes home-based car- ers with the elderly and disabled as well as those in residential homes. A comparative study published by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions reveals that Malta (43%), Luxembourg (21%), Ireland (19%) and Austria (14%) have the highest share of foreign workers in the LTC sec- tor, followed by the UK (13%), Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Norway (all 12%) and Sweden (11%). On the other hand, several EU member states have virtually no migrants working in LTC: Bul- garia, Croatia, Hungary, Lithua- nia, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Slovakia (all 1% or below). The composition of the foreign workforce differs across the EU. In the four countries with the largest share of foreign workers, two have a considerable share of non-EU migrant workers (Ire- land and Malta), while two oth- ers do not (Austria and Luxem- bourg). In Malta, 46% of foreign LTC workers are migrant workers, while 54% are mobile citizens from the rest of the EU. In con- trast, only about 1 in 20 foreign LTC workers are migrants in Austria (5%) and Luxembourg (4%), while most are from the EU (95% and 96%, respectively). Malta's 174 Filipino home- based carers In September 2019 Malta had 209 home-based care workers, of whom 174 were from the Philip- pines and mostly worked as live- in carers. 87% of these workers were female. Filipino domestic carers in Malta are paid a gross salary of around €10,000 annu- ally. Information provided to Eu- rofound by DIER in 2020 shows that workers who sleep in their employer's house for more than 16 nights in any month are el- igible for a monthly wage of €799.23, while those who sleep 43% of care workers in Malta are In Malta, 46% of foreign LTC workers are migrant workers, while 54% are mobile citizens from the rest of the EU Malta has Europe's highest share of foreign workers employed in long-term healthcare The Flying Carpet Importers of hand-knotted Oriental carpets THE FLYING CARPET - OLD RAILWAY TRACK, ATTARD Mon - Tues, Thurs - Sat 10am – 12pm • Wednesday morning closed Mon - Fri – 4.30pm - 7pm Importers of: Various hand knotted carpets and Kilims, Non Slip Underlay, Dry and Liquid shampoo. Mobile No. 7953