In Italy, the number of residents and places at CAS migrant reception centers decreased significantly following the enactment of the 'migration and security decree' championed by former interior minister Matteo Salvini, according to a new report by two NGOs.
UNHCR expressed satisfaction on the passage into law of the new migration decree in Italy. The decree modifies the Salvini decrees, and UNHCR called it a "positive step forward" for refugees in Italy.
A new security decree modifying previous decrees passed under former Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini was approved Friday by the Italian Senate.
The Constitutional Affairs Committee in the Italian Lower House of Parliament has approved a Democratic Party (PD) amendment to the security decree that would abolish the Italian quota system limiting the number of foreigners who can regularly enter the country for work.
The Italian cabinet, on Monday, approved a new decree on migration and security in the country. It is in distinct contrast to the two previous decrees by former interior minister Matteo Salvini. The new decree is intended to return to a “system of reception and integration.”
The number of migrants reaching northeastern Italy is "under control" but the situation in the city of Trieste "is quite complicated," the UNHCR representative for Italy declared in a recent interview with ANSA.
The Italian trade unions CGIL, CISL and UIL have criticized the proposal for a new pact on migration and asylum presented by the European Commission, underscoring that the initiative ''upholds the mainly security-based approach'' on migration.
In Italy, the state can take four years to process a citizenship requests. That time is necessary, given an increase in requests, according to Michele Di Bari, the head of the interior ministry's immigration department.
Catholic charity Caritas in Milan has reported that it helped 77 migrants affected by a new security and immigration decree to become independent in a year, helping them avoid the negative effects of the legislation.
By the end of 2020, the number of undocumented migrants in Italy could surpass 670,000. That is more than twice as many as only five years ago, according to a report by Amnesty International.
The non-governmental organization ActionAid in a new report highlights the disappearance of "widespread reception" centers for migrants in Italy following the enactment of the controversial immigration and security decree.
Thanks to the project 'Leaving violence. Living safe', promoted by the association D.i.Re in partnership with UNHCR, 50 female asylum seekers and refugees have been aided this year by the group's anti-violence centers that have responded to the specific needs of victims of abuse.