What it is about The Italian government has for years accelerated the signing of readmission and repatriation agreements with African countries, particularly Nigeria, Gambia, Ivory Coast and Senegal, in order to identify and repatriate foreign nationals irregularly residing in Italy. In the past, repatriation agreements were intended as genuine international agreements, whereas for the past […]
Italy-Tunisia repatriation agreements: as numbers of enforced removals rise, much is still to be known
By Martina Cociglio, Lorenzo Figoni and Marina Mattirolo “I have never seen so many Tunisian nationals repatriated so quickly from the removal centre (CPR) in Turin”, ASGI lawyer Maurizio Veglio notes. “Everything happens in a very short time. They enter a removal centre, are taken before a Justice of the Peace and, within a few […]
New EU / IOM program jeopardizes the rights of repatriated Egyptian citizens
After an incubation period of more than a year, on 15 January 2020 the International Organization for Migration announced in Cairo the launch of a program for the protection and return of migrants to Egypt.
Pressure from the Italian government for a “framework agreement” to step up repatriation of Tunisian citizens
On 6 November 2019 representatives of the Foreign Ministries of Italy and Tunisia met in Rome to negotiate a “framework agreement on migration and development”, with the aim of reaching a concerted management of flows and consolidating collaboration on the return of migrants irregular Tunisians.
