Autori
Campomori, Francesca
Marchetti, Chiara

Titolo
Much ado about nothing: i paradossi della regolarizzazione dei migranti figlia della pandemia
Periodico
Politiche Sociali
Anno: 2020 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 319 - Pagina finale: 324

This note focuses on the regularization of immigrant workers recently approved withinthe framework of the Decreto Rilancio (Decree Law no. 34/2020) as a response to theCOVID-19 pandemic. A heated debate within the Italian government has preceded thefinal approval of the decree. Even if this measure represents an encouraging step changeafter years of restrictive immigration policies, its concrete provisions sound timid andshort-lived. Notably, while the main declared objective of the Decree is to protect individualand collective health, it actually excludes many potential applicants. Eligibility isindeed strictly conditional to the possession of a job in three labour market sectors only,i.e., agriculture, care and domestic work. Only around 200.000 people will be regularized,out of an esteem of 600.000 irregular immigrants currently living in Italy. This articlehighlights and analyses the limits as well as the paradoxical effects of the provision. It alsopoints out the positive innovation of a newly-introduced residence permit for job search,although its potential is severely limited by the conditions imposed on its applicability.



SICI: 2284-2098(2020)2<319:MAANIP>2.0.ZU;2-#
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