The last amnesty Maurizio Ambrosini (www.lavoce.info)
The cure of domestic workers and carers is a valuable recognition that the criminalization of immigrants without a residence permit before it is completely unrealistic: serves the purposes of political propaganda, but not solve the real problems of immigration and the government of his encounter with the needs of the Italian labor market. Better yet would be more wise, however, adopt policies that prevent the formation of large reservoirs of foreigners with a job, but legally irregular. Solutions of France and the United States . From September 1 click the "phase two" of the regularization of domestic workers and home helpers (aka BandAntica). Today you may present questions of emergence. Because in the end reason prevailed. Contradicting the campaign to criminalize illegal immigration and the security package just approved, the government passed the amnesty. They called "selective regularization," "campaign of emergence" and more, but the substance does not change. There is a good bet, and they record the first signs that masons, dishwashers and many other workers in enterprises will be inserted properly "dressed" by domestic workers to take advantage of the occasion.
the script REPEATS
So this is a full-scale amnesty, the second launched by a Berlusconi-led government after that of 2002-2003, which produced approximately 630mila new residents. Even in that case was followed all'inasprimento of immigration rules, with the Bossi-Fini.
The script then tends to repeat itself. After identifying the illegal immigrants as "illegal" because the choice of words play an important role in these political operations, as the fundamental threat to the security of citizens, the government enacts strict rules that should finally allow to close the doors, expel intruders and free the country from the scourge. Then, someone inside began to notice that most of the immigrants without regular documents are not here because the traffickers forced them on ships of shame or because some mindless "feel-good" made them go in, but simply because they serve: they serve business, agriculture, tourism, construction, as well as families. At that point, once reassured the public about his relentless desire to closing, the government can show flexibility and pragmatism, by placing it in a large number of those immigrants "illegal immigrants" who said he wanted to reject. The trouble is that in this way has the opposite effect to that announced: Launches around the world through word of mouth of ethnic networks, the idea that in Italy, if you can come in and find a job, sooner or later one system . This is demonstrated by the fact, already reported on this site, in Lombardy, according to the Foundation Ismu, three immigrants regular today, two have gone through a period of irregularity, as well as between the percentage is even higher. According to these investigations, the inputs thicken near the sanatorium.
These are indeed the key device of Italian immigration policies: the current would be the sixth in little more than twenty years, not counting the amnesty disguised through other channels, such as flow-decree. Have been launched by governments of all hues, in the troubled political history of the last twenty years, always promising solemnly that would be the last. For the center-right government, however, it is the record for the number of regularized: adding to 630mila emerged in 2002-2003 as the new measure (according to government estimates, 750 thousand people), Silvio Berlusconi largely exceed José Luis Zapatero emerged with about 700 thousand, as head-ranking European amnesties. Having aroused the concern of our partners for their campaigns against the Roma and the rejection of candidates refugees, touch-defense, as has already happened to the English colleague, the charge of having opened the doors to hundreds of European Union thousands of new residents. A rather curious result for a prime minister and a government that has made combating illegal immigration a top issue of their political program.
SOLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
The amnesty, however, such as amnesties and pardons, they are never a way out for governments elegant. They have a negative educational impact effect, which invariably leads to further infringements of laws and the need for new amnesties. On the other hand, seem hardly avoidable when the numbers of persons in an irregular situation, and the Italians who are also to be outlawed as facilitators of a crime, they reach the current levels. Rather than retrospectively adjust
situations that do not have the courage foresight to rule a priori, in the future should try to find other solutions. It can identify at least two. The first is the regularization on an individual basis, as in France, people who can no longer reasonably be expelled for various reasons: for longer stay in the area (for example, five years), the employment of fact, the establishment of stable emotional ties The presence of children to care for. For the latter circumstance, the presence of minors, the Italian law already allows for the grant of a residence permit.
The second way could be the conversion of the residence permit, as has happened several times in the United States. Those who enter with a tourist visa for three months and find someone willing to hire him, especially within the family, perhaps with certain guarantees (Regular contract, security, mediation of an institutional sponsor, or association, etc.), should be permitted to turn a work permit her to stay temporarily. This avoids the pain of the past irregularities often prolonged, and mothers, it means years without being able to return home and see her children again, and the loss of revenue of non-payment of taxes and fees.
Ultimately, the amnesty is a valuable recognition that the criminalization of illegal immigrants is unrealistic first of all: this is for purposes of political propaganda, but not solve the real problems of immigration and the government of his meeting with the needs Italian labor market. Better policies, however, the paperwork would be more wise to prevent the formation of large pools of immigration hard-working, but legally irregular, which then become difficult to empty without further damage to the country.
