Aicha is Tunisian, 42, she has a degree in Italian language and literature and holds a Master's degree in Renaissance literature.

In Bizerte, her city, she teaches Italian to teenagers in their fourth year at secondary school, but she is prepared to leave and do a very different job than the one she studied for years as long as she can have a better life.

"We hope can start a new life in Italy, improve our conditions, given the deterioration of the economic and financial situation [in Tunisia]," she explained.

"Inflation in Tunisia affected the middle class, including its lifestyle and this is why I chose to emigrate to start over as a home care assistant," she added while speaking in the plural form, as she will move with her family.

"I have two children, one is two years old and the other is four. My husband owns a heating systems company. I will take them with me, otherwise, I will not go", she underscored.

The 'Before you go' project

To change her life, the woman is taking part in a project called "Before you go", but she will not be able to come to Italy if the Italian decree on migration flows will not allow for a higher number of foreign workers to enter the country. Her destiny depends on an Italian employer calling her for her services.

With the "Before you go" program, the first 58 workers trained in Morocco, Mali, and Tunisia have concluded their training and their names have been put on a list shared with the Ministry of Employment; since 27 March, employers can present their requests.

Only one thousand places have been reserved for workers who have trained abroad.

"I had the opportunity to sign up for the project which was co-financed by the Italian Ministry of the Interior and coordinated by Arci, together with the NGO Tamat," recounts Aicha.

"For the past six months, I've been receiving professional training in Italian and civic education and now I am finishing the part about first aid. At the end of the training I will receive a certificate to be a home care assistant" she added.

Connection missing between the market's supply and demand

"I don't know anything about 'click day' (when employers could present requests for foreign workers online, on March 27), I am very surprised, no one informed me about the migrant flow decree. I just hope to be called soon by an Italian employer and to move to Italy. This free professional training course is contributing to the realization of the dreams of many young people who wish to migrate to Italy legally," she continued.

Aicha's dreams however are crushed by the reality of the situation, at least according to the person in charge of Migration at Arci, Filippo Miraglia, who says: "Italy spends funds and then does not collect the results of what it has invested in. Everything is based on having supply and demand meet. In Italy, the employment office does not work within the country, imagine if it is operating outside the country," he denounced.

"Aicha and many others will not be able to come to Italy unless an Italian employer does not call them to request their labor. The real problem is that no one will ever call a worker they don't know," he concluded.