The former mayor of Riace, Domenico Lucano, had an appeal pending at time of writing against his September 2021 sentence to over 13 years in prison on charges of abetting irregular immigration and irregularities in an otherwise celebrated integration program for asylum seekers.
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The trial of 21 people from three rescue organizations on charges of aiding and abetting unauthorized immigration was expected to reopen in late 2022, after the court suspended the proceedings in June citing procedural errors on the part of the prosecutor’s office.Ībout 28 months after a flawed program was launched to provide residency permits to undocumented migrants working in agriculture, domestic work, and home care, only 61 percent of the roughly 207,800 applications had led to a positive response as of December 2022, with tens of thousands of applications still pending (roughly the 20 percent). According to the think tank ISPI, between August 2021-August 2022, only 14 percent of people disembarked in Italy were rescued by NGOs. In August, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in a case brought by the rescue organization Sea-Watch that holding ships is legitimate only if the state can demonstrate there is a “clear risk” to safety, health, or the environment. Italian authorities allowed NGO rescue ships to disembark, usually after some delay, but also often held NGO ships in port, inhibiting rescue efforts.
The continued failure to ensure adequate facilities and swift transfers meant the reception center on Lampedusa was periodically overwhelmed.
At this writing, the agreement between Italy and Libya on migration cooperation was expected to automatically renew in February 2023 for three years.Īccording to government statistics, more than 85,000 people reached Italy, including 9,930 unaccompanied children, by sea by the end of October, a significant increase over 2021. In July, the Italian government renewed funding for Libya for migration controls despite the finding that same month by the UN Fact-Finding Mission to Libya that migrants and refugees are exposed to risk of crimes against humanity in Libya. The police, who process all initial asylum claims, prevented asylum seekers from countries other than Ukraine from lodging claims, leaving hundreds homeless and destitute. While the government allocated funds for nongovernmental small-scale accommodation programs for Ukrainian refugees and created 8,000 more places in the national asylum and refugee reception system, refugee rights organizations expressed concern that asylum seekers and refugees from other nationalities were being displaced to make space for the new arrivals. The positive treatment of Ukrainians in Italy contrasted with abusive policies and practices affecting others seeking protection or safety.īy the end of July, almost 150,000 people coming from Ukraine had been granted temporary protection and approximately 27,500 Ukrainian students were enrolled in Italian schools by the beginning of June. The European Commission called for continuing efforts to ensure judicial independence and efficiency, while noting shrinking civil society space. Significant barriers to accessing abortion, including high rates of conscientious objection, remained. Poverty levels remain at a record high, harming people’s rights. Italy continued to support Libya to intercept boats and return migrants and asylum seekers to abuse in that country, while often delaying disembarkations in Italy of people from nongovernmental organization (NGO) rescue ships.Īuthorities’ failure to include racist motivation when addressing such crimes as the brutal July killing of a Nigerian street vendor or the 2020 killing of a Black Italian man, for which four men were convicted, raised concerns. The September election of a coalition government led by Giorgia Meloni of the hard-right, nationalist Brothers of Italy raised serious concerns about more abusive migration policies and restrictions on reproductive rights.
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