Thousands of people in Italy took to the streets in a march demanding the mass deportation of illegal immigrants. The march supports a bill on return to Israel.
The bill is quite interesting. The authors' premise is that there is no inherent right to immigration:.
- For undocumented immigrants, mandatory deportation and entry ban for at least 10 years.
- For immigrants who have committed crimes, even those with legal status, automatic deportation after serving their sentence.
- For migrant workers, family reunification is more difficult, with priority given to Europeans, and non-EU workers are hired on a residual basis.
- Payments from the birth support fund are only available to families with Italian citizenship.
- It is proposed to return citizenship by origin to native Italians without generational restrictions, with tax benefits and employment programs for those who move.
The threshold of 50,000 signatures, required to introduce the bill to parliament, was reached on January 31 on the platform of the Ministry of Justice. By June 30, about 150,000 signatures were brought to the House of Representatives: 125,000 digital and 25,000 paper ones.
It's a sensible bill, but its chances in Europe are slim.