The prevailing feeling seems to be that a pragmatic approach to the migration issue has always seemed to be lacking in Italy. Likewise, it would seem to be lacking, and the conditional is always obligatory, the necessary promptness, in terms of the communion of intent between the different political forces of the majority and of the opposition, in managing to find a programmatic guideline, useful for allowing a management , rational and rationalized, of a phenomenon that shows no signs of abating, at least in the near and future future as it is probably destined to grow by virtue of its physiological natural dynamics.
Even more so when the emergency measures by decree, of any nature and consistency, far from being even vaguely conclusive, would rather appear to be seen as lukewarm palliatives generating lively protests inevitably intended to catalyze general attention away from its solution. the basic question. Lastly, the decree published in the Official Gazette appears to concern the "Indication of the amount and methods of provision of the financial guarantee payable by the foreigner during the procedure for ascertaining the right to access the territory of the State".
The "financial guarantee" referred to in article 1 is defined as "suitable when the fixed amount (would be) capable of guaranteeing the foreigner, for the maximum period of detention, equal to four weeks (twenty-eight days), the availability: a ) of adequate accommodation, on the national territory; b) of the sum needed for repatriation; c) of the minimum necessary means of subsistence, per person".
Well. Even if we want to ignore the fact that the European Court of Justice, already in 2020, seems to have sanctioned a similar measure introduced at the time by Hungary, and also if we want to ignore, even if we don't see how, the sole opportunity of a measure that would seem largely questionable in terms of the differences that would appear to be suitable to underline on an exquisitely human level, however, the acceptance of the "migrant" and/or potential "refugee" on the national territory does not seem to be able to be left to depend on the possibility of each individual to guarantee the provision of a financial "guarantee" that is both unjustified and, indeed, unnecessarily discriminatory as it is anchored to the subjective conditions of foreign guests.
Even saying it differently: it would have been necessary, upstream, for the Government in office to reflect as a priority on the effectiveness of a measure which, all things considered, ends up tightening the evaluation criteria already existing in the matter, in the substantial lack of a repatriation policy approved to efficiency, resulting instead, and differently from what one would have wanted to avoid, in the increase, in the territory, of people potentially without documents and therefore potentially subject to exploitation by crime to find themselves in a condition of fragility and precariousness.
In the meantime, because, in the context of the entire affair concerning the migration issue as a whole, from its evaluation to the attempt at its management, what emerged seems to have been only the difficulty of a government apparatus which, even beyond the various electoral promises probably missing the point, he had to come up against an impacting reality that ideology considered in and of itself does not appear suitable to lead to any solution.
Therefore, why, on the contrary, does substantial and formal pragmatism appear as the only path of action suited to the needs of a "Country System" which, on a political level, should probably begin to "rewrite" (if one can say so), in part by modifying them, its own priorities, starting again from the "social question" considered in its entirety. The critical issues, far from having an emergency nature, and from being able to be considered and treated as such, would now seem to have become chronic, and any approach even faintly devoted to "closure" does not seem to be able to be considered as a useful solution.
Furthermore, because, probably, it would be more useful, and even more functional, to widen the mesh of the legal reception network, i.e. of mobility entering the country, which, clearly, would be useful in guaranteeing regular arrivals and encouraging rational planning. transforming the migration phenomenon into a considerable opportunity for development and shared growth also on the welfare level.
Finally, because the reduction, perpetrated over the years, of every legal channel of arrival and the continuous, although very unsuitable in terms of effects, tightening of the regulations introduced from time to time, would only seem to have had effects contrary to what would have been expected reality wanted to achieve, since, on the one hand, it seems to have unconsciously increased the risks associated with travel by sea and, on the other hand, it seems to have contributed to increasing the levels of precariousness of immigrant workers, as has always been highlighted by many.
Let's be clear: until integration, inclusion and sharing become mandatory realities not only on a linguistic level, returning to the center of the Government's political action, but also and above all on a substantial and social level, it would not seem possible to find any useful solution to a phenomenon that will continue to grow. Measures, such as the monetary one recently introduced by the Meloni Government on the subject of migrants, far from restoring the idea of a political apparatus ready to manage a condition which has become structural over the years, would instead appear (at least this seems to be the impression of bottom) highlight the difficulties. The historical moment that the country is going through is very complex, and probably the system of dynamics inherent to the relationships between the government majority and the opposition should change as a priority. Perhaps it would be useful, beyond any ideological difference, to adopt an attitude of cooperation functional to the best interests of the country in every sector and field of life and everyday life. Humanity and hospitality first and foremost as a starting point for a new and unprecedented social approach to the country of Italy.
Giuseppina Di Salvatore
(Lawyer – Nuoro)
