Seasonal work overseas

Vanuatu's Covid-19 lockdown causes workers to look abroad for employment

Vanuatu Tourism Office Chief Executive Officer, Adela Issachar Aru, is worried that when the lockdown is lifted in July, there won't be enough workers to serve tourists arriving on cruise liners and planes.

The Daily Post Newspaper reported the crowd of applicants that line up for new Passports and Identification Cards is increasing everyday outside the Ministry of Home Affairs at Independence Part in Port Vila.

 

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Ambae farmers encouraged to seek seasonal work overseas

The volcanic eruption has been reduced to Level 2 but crops such as taro and kava were destroyed by ash fall and farmers will be without any source of income for at least a year.

A team from the International Labour Organisation is visiting the island and its spokesman, Bernard Edward, said they wanted to encourage eligible people from devastated areas to join seasonal work programmes in New Zealand and Australia.