‘Remigration’ decree blitzed through Senate, a coup for the far right |
‘Remigration’ decree blitzed through Senate, a coup for the far right
‘The measure impacts highly sensitive matters such as personal freedom,’ Magi says. It is a race to get the text to the President's desk at the Quirinal Palace by midnight on Friday.
It doesn’t outright say it – but surreptitiously, through an amendment signed by the entire ruling majority, the Security Decree approved on Friday in the Senate introduces a provision that smacks of “remigration” – a concept the right has been mainstreaming for some time.
One has to scroll through the list of amendments to reach Article 30, one of the measures voted on in the Senate following a 10-hour marathon session on Thursday. The latest addition is Article 30-bis, which modifies the 1998 Consolidated Immigration Act and its “assisted repatriation” programs. Under the new text, these programs will no longer be arranged solely with international organizations and NGOs working with migrants.
The Interior Ministry will now be able to sign agreements for “voluntary repatriation” programs with the National Bar Council (CNF), the official body representing lawyers. Attorneys who assist a foreign national who decided to participate in one of these programs will receive, once the paperwork is finished and the migrant has left, a fee equal to the “financial contribution for initial needs.” According to an Interior Ministry decree, this amount – €615 – is already paid out to a........