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Italy
Population:
NFP: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Involvement:
Since 2006
The main migration policy instruments in Italy:
Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents in the area of migration:
- National legislation in Italy:
- consult the most recent publications by the European Migration Network on national policies and legislation or the database of national law
- EU legislation:
- consult the adopted EU legislation on Migration and Home Affairs
- Ratified international treaties:
- 1954/1972: ratification of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
- 2006: ratification of the 2000 Protocols on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.
The main ministries in charge of migration affairs:
- Ministry of Interior: is the main body dealing with migration; is in charge of immigration, asylum, integration, border management, irregular migration and voluntary return; leads an inter-ministerial technical working group on migration policy.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation: international cooperation on migration and development affairs.
Sources:
- United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM
- European Migration Network (2012): The Organisation of Asylum and Migration Policies. Full report. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/migration-policies/it_20120412_organisationasylummigrationpolicies_en_version_final_en.pdf
- European Migration Network (2012): The Organisation of Asylum and Migration Policies. Factsheet Italy. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/asylum-migration/14._italy_factsheet_institutional_chart_en.pdf
Last update: December 2018
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