Government plans to bring in 40,000 workers from six countries

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Thursday that Greece is on the cusp of a migration agreement with India to bring in unskilled and skilled workers to the country to be employed in the agricultural, construction and tourism sectors. "We believe that we will soon be able to move toward signing a mobility agreement on migration, which will allow more Indian workers to come to Greece in an organized manner," he said during a Greek-Indian business forum titled "Exploring Economic Collaboration Between Greece and India: Future Prospects."

The agreement is to be signed in March and will be tabled in Parliament for ratification soon after. The agreement will be two-tiered, involving unskilled workers and highly skilled labor.

In the former case, workers will have a right to stay for five years, but after 18 months they will be obliged to return home for six...