The Parliament of Italy agrees to the Cutro decree and tightens restrictions on special permits.
With 92 votes in favor, the majority, the so-known Cutro migrant mandate has been accepted by the Italian Senate. The decree has been referred to the Lower Chamber, and on May 9, it will be declared a law. The package of laws includes a clause to significantly restrict the number of special protection permits for migrants in Italy.
In response to the Cutro shipwreck on February 26 that led to at least 94 migrants dying, the Senate authorized the government order on migration on April 20. The “Cutro decree” will now be referred to the Lower Chamber and declared law by May 9.
The proposed rules comprise initiatives that entirely do away with or significantly limit the special protection status. This status is usually given to Italian asylum seekers who aren’t expected to be awarded complete refugee protection.
The vote in the Parliament demonstrates a comparable dispute between two parties having different opinions. The one who thinks the legislation would block new unscheduled migrant arrivals. The second believes the current rules will expand the number of unauthorized immigrants in Italy.
In the Senate, the center-right cast 92 votes for adopting the movement. On the other hand, the opposition parties (Democratic Party, Five Stars Movement, Azione-IV, and Avs) and the Automomies’ group cast 65 votes against it.
Opposition groups oppsoe allowances for migrants
The strategy proposed by the government contains several segments. The first three sections set out to specify the migrant decree quotas for the following three years. This policy covers 82,000 individuals for employment for 2023, although there have been 250,000 labor requirements from the entrepreneurial sectors.
The first claim opponents present is that “the other 170 thousand will go back to working illegally, even though they already hold a job,” according to Senator Ivan Scalfarotto (Azione-Iv)—the demands related to immigrants in Italy, which is why.
Instead, the majority emphasized that a migration decree had been released, which should serve as a reminder that permission to arrive in Italy will henceforth only be under legal circumstances. This also applies because there is encouragement for highly qualified migrants who had their schooling in their native country.
The legal side of the decree, in the opinion of the center-right, is compatible and aims to pursue human smugglers.
Even if the tragic demise of a migrant was unintentional, as it was in the instance of the February 26 Cutro shipwreck in Calabria, those who transport migrants into Italy illegally and through unsafe ways will face terms that range from 20 to 30 years in jail.
On this subject, the opposition parties questioned the broader characterization of the new unlawful activity, which should instead be precise, as with any new judicial regulation: a “manifest standard.”
Over special permits, there was the worst conflict
The opposition’s pressure on special permissions has caused the center-right and majority disagreements and the most abrasive conflict. Comparing the decree’s original language to the Larmogese decree of 2020, which carried out an ECHR decision against Italy in 2019, some restrictions were included in the earlier version of the law.
Additionally, a proposal that approved establishing an extra squeeze had some specific requests of the League that contained modifications that were removed. This happened before the session of votes on a comprehensive agreement by the center-right.
After a contentious exchange with the Brothers of Italy, the League demanded the removal of the requirement to abide by international law at the moment of the repatriations, but this request was unsuccessful.
Finally, the League declared victory: Nicola Molteni, the deputy secretary of the interior ministry, and Massimiliano Romeo, the leader of the League Group in the Senate, cited “the logic of the Salvini decrees” of the Conte 2 government, which altered by Lamorgese and the most recent administration led by the Five Star Movement.
Licia Ronzulli and Lucio Malan, the leaders of the organizations Forza Italia and Brothers of Italy, asserted that the center-right was united in voting and policy preferences. All of the opposition challenged the restriction on special permits, asking where the refugees who are currently in Italy but will be denied a special visa will proceed. Presumably, they will come alongside the other unauthorized residents of our cities, as Francesco Boccia, a senator for the Democratic party, said. “The only effect will be to create a higher number of unauthorized residents and illegal work,” he said.