Hello Jamie, sorry to hear that you lost your job.
I know many Italians are coming to and living in Belgium...my closest colleague is Italian, she has been living in Belgium for more than 40 years (yeah she's not my age, lol !
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She always keeps informed about what happens in Italy and says it's not a safe country (as far as job and social security are concerned, for example).
A few decades ago, lots of Italian people moved to Belgium because we needed workers in coal mines...now the mines are closed and a good majority of Italians living in Belgium are children of miners...
I don't mind at all having Italians or people from any other ethny in Belgium, I think it's a good thing
Anyways good luck Jamie :thumbs up: