During the next two months, some important legislative decrees will be issued by the new Italian Government. The first one is about restrictions on the right of entry and the right of residence.
According to the EU directive 2004/38/EC, each Member State has the right to made restrictions on the ground of public security or public health. And the adoption of the necessary measures to stop Italy from being "Europe's refugee camp" can't be considered an infringement of the EU law.
A soon as the new Italian Government cuts funds for temporary settlements built to receive refugees, illegal and undocumented immigrants will not exist anymore. Italy will not be the country of first arrival for asylum-seekers.
In addition, most migrants, who arrive in Italy, come from Nigeria, Gambia or Eritrea, and they flee their countries because of civil war or political persecution. They usually try to reach Italian shores through other countries, such as Lybia and Tunisia. And migrants who reach those North African countries are not in trouble and don't need to get away. In other words, they are already granted immunity from political prosecution in Libya and Tunisia. The Italian Government can't consider them as asylum-seekers.
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