Italian Cabinet Votes For Tougher Migration Rules

The Italian cabinet voted unanimously on Monday for a decree that will tighten immigration rules, earning praise from right-wing Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th September, 2018) The Italian cabinet voted unanimously on Monday for a decree that will tighten immigration rules, earning praise from right-wing Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.

"I am happy," he wrote on Facebook, calling the legislation "a step forward toward making Italy safer.

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Salvini said the bill would reduce the financial burden of "excessive" immigration, allow faster expulsions of "fake refugees" and immigrants with criminal records, and strip terrorists of citizenship.

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte defended the bill, saying it aimed to overhaul regulations on immigration to align them with EU standards, according to the Ansa news agency.

Conte argued his government did not plan to send people out overnight but rather to make repatriation process more effective.