The Italian Association of Psychology (AIP) has warned that Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's migrants-security decree, which clamped down on migrants' stay permits, will lead to an ''increase in irregular'' migrants and in psychological disorders. It said the decree would also have a negative impact on Italian society at large.
''After the Salvini decree, a human rights problem has arisen,'' said Pier Antonio Panzeri, head of the Subcommittee on Human Rights of the European Parliament on a visit to Rome. Speaking at a press conference, he spoke about meetings with both institutional bodies and humanitarian organizations and said that the latter had stressed their concern over the rights and protection of migrants.
A new report by the European Network on Statelessness shows that those who have already obtained Italian citizenship could risk becoming stateless due to the controversial measures contained in the country's newly enacted security decree.
The court of appeals in Brescia, a city in northern Italy, has ruled that migrants in the city's municipalities are discriminated against through ''disproportionate increases in costs for certificates required'' to reside legally in Italy.
The Italian Cassation Court said the Salvini decree, which tightened the criteria on issuing stay permits for migrants, is not retroactively applicable. Therefore, applications presented prior to the decree's implementation must be considered under the previous regulations.
Municipalities in Italy's Bologna area have signed an agreement that sets up a registry list for asylum seekers. The goal of the 'rescue-migrants' pact is to bypass rules established by the Salvini migrant and security decree.
The mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando, has signed the first measures to register as full residents four foreigners who currently have a permit for humanitarian reasons or as asylum seekers. He hereby defies a ban in the controversial migrant and security decree drafted by Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.
A new guide by the Italian Coalition for Freedom and Civil Rights (CILD) aims to help foreigners answer questions that have arisen since the recent passage into law of the Salvini security decree. The guide responds to inquiries such as how a foreign citizen can register in the civil registry and what possible repercussions a lack of registration could have on a migrant in terms of access to public services.
Requests for humanitarian protection in Italy have seen a sharp decline since the Salvini security decree was enacted into law in December, with 50,000 fewer migrants in reception centers. Requests totaled just two percent in the first 20 days of this year, compared to 26 percent during the same period in 2018.
A number of Italian regions governed by center-left coalitions have announced they are appealing against the controversial "Salvini decree" that strips migrants of basic services. Now the Constitutional Court has to determine whether the decree is constitutional.
The first "European clash" between Italian Deputy Premier Matteo Salvini and Deputy Premier Luigi Di Maio, ahead of the European elections in May, has come over the topic of migrants. The disagreement came from the situation of 49 migrants aboard two ships off the coast of Malta, who haven't been given a port for landing.
Several mayors in Italy have joined forces against the anti-migration policies of far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.