The decree on illegal immigration launched today by the government contains measures that "equip the country for new challenges, first of all by working to speed up the processes of recognition of the right to asylum, making reception mechanisms and systems more transparent, facilitating the and the systems necessary for the repatriation of migrants who are not entitled to asylum”. This was stated by the prime minister, Paolo Gentiloni, at the end of the council of ministers.
The rules on the fight against illegal immigration, "together with the work we are doing to reduce migratory flows", such as the agreement with Libya, "can lead us to the strategic objective - added the Premier - which is not to close the our doors, but to transform migratory flows from an irregular phenomenon, managed by criminal organizations, to a regular phenomenon in which, with humanitarian corridors and a tutoring system, one does not put one's life at risk and one arrives safely in our countries and to a controlled extent".
As regards relations with Brussels on this front, however, Gentiloni underlined that “if the EU has a strategy and an agenda, albeit insufficient, on immigration, it is thanks to the Italian initiative. And we expect many more willingnesses and decisions from Europe that make the principle of sharing the burden of reception effective".
