Almost half of those on the unemployment register are seeking jobs that do not exist, according to the head of the government’s employment agency.

As a result, hundreds are “stuck” on the unemployment register.

Employment and Training Corporation chairman Clyde Caruana, an economist, said there were about 350 people on the register seeking cleaning jobs when the country “imported” about 500 foreign cleaners.

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