After the cancellation of the transfer of the first migrants to the “Italian” centers built in Albania by the Court of Rome, the Council of Ministers issues a new decree that revises the rules on the expulsion of migrants to the so-called “safe countries”.
With the new provision – explains the Minister of the Interior Piantedosi – «the indication of the list of 19 safe countries out of the original 22 becomes the primary source: we have taken into account the territorial integrity and excluded Cameroon, Colombia and Nigeria».
The list of safe countries, the Council of Ministers explained, "accepting the indications of the recent ruling of the European Court of Justice", was revised today with the decree approved by the Council of Ministers and will be updated periodically, always through an act having the force of law.
In particular, the countries for which "territorial exceptions" were foreseen (Cameroon, Colombia and Nigeria) have been removed.
The new list is therefore composed of: Albania; Algeria; Bangladesh; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Cape Verde; Ivory Coast; Egypt; Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Morocco; Montenegro; Peru; Senegal; Serbia; Sri Lanka; Tunisia.
The new list is now contained in a provision with the force and value of law, it is explained, «to avoid possible disapplications based on interpretations of the “Reception Directive”.
The Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio instead underlined in a press conference that many migrants «are subjects of uncertain citizenship and their origin is declared by themselves, they do not have documents and there is no proof that they come from certain countries, which means devolving to the arbitrariness of these people the definition of the safety parameters or otherwise from which they say they come».
(Online Union)
