Managed migration in Italy
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Buttiglione to campaign for Christian Europe
Rocco Buttiglione, whose nomination as the EU's justice commissioner was forced to be withdrawn in October, has begun a public campaign to form a 'theocon' movement for those who believe traditional Christian values should be part of public life.
6 December 2004 (160 words)
Muslims under pressure from Northern League burka ban
Mario Borghezio, a Northern League MEP created a national controversy when he called for the banning of the burka on the grounds that it was a 'symbol of death' and 'the most obscurantist type of Islamic fundamentalism'.
29 September 2004 (394 words)
Ruling coalition squabbles over immigrants
While the Northern League continues to campaign for tougher immigration laws, senior ministers in Berlusconi's party, backed by employers' organisations, are demanding that quotas for migrant workers be increased.
25 August 2004 (222 words)
Anti-Islamic book fuels racism
Human rights groups have been warning that racism was becoming tolerated in Italy after the Corriere della Sera, published a 126-page anti-Muslim tract by Oriana Fallaci, a veteran journalist and best-selling author.
8 August 2004 (127 words)
Muslims marginalised
According to IslamOnline members of Italy's growing Muslim community feel marginalised, oppressed and frequently treated with suspicion.
24 June 2004 (137 words)
Northern League proposes new mosque measures
The Northern League minister, Federico Bricolo, has proposed a law to control the building of mosques, which requires requests to build or open mosques (and their financing) to be assessed by local authorities and then decided by local referenda.
18 June 2004 (357 words)
Turin: government supports teacher's right to wear the veil
Mayor Fiorenzo Grijuela, was forced to intervene to resolve a dispute after a nursery in the Samona suburb of Turin refused to give Fatima Mouayche a teaching placement because she wore a veil.
26 March 2004 (301 words)
Court ruling against crucifix opens religious pandora's box
A court ruling in October that the Navelli kindergarten and elementary school in Ofena must remove the crucifix was prompted by a case brought by Adel Smith, a convert to Islam, against this school in a small central Italian town, northeast of Rome.
10 November 2003 (918 words)
Interior minister stigmatises mosques as sites of terrorism
Following the events of September 11, members of the Northern League demanded that many mosques be closed and criticised the interior minister for a lack of action.
27 September 2003 (310 words)
Local election swing against the Freedom Alliance
There was a big swing in May and June against the Freedom Alliance (which brings together the governing coalition of FI, AN and NL) in local elections which affected 25 per cent of the electorate.
30 June 2003 (263 words)
Regularisation concludes - tough regime follows
The Bossi-Fini immigration law, together with a separate amnesty giving the possiblity of legalisation for existing immigrant workers, have led to at an estimated 600000 requests for regularisation by the deadline of the beginning of November.
12 November 2002 (121 words)
Fishermen who aided migrants accused of trafficking
The crew of a Sicilian fishing boat who went to the aid of 151 migrants crowded on board a 12-metre long vessel which was in danger of sinking, have been placed under investigation for aiding and abetting in illegal immigration and their vessel seized.
1 September 2002 (58 words)
Italian press welcome Albanian initiative
In August, the Albanian government attempted what La Repubblica described as its 'first real anti-trafficking operation'.
19 August 2002 (49 words)
AN leader gets EU post
AN leader Gianfranco Fini will represent Italy on the EU's constitutional convention.
1 August 2002 (52 words)
Poor showing for Right in May council elections
In the first round of the May council elections, the government coalition parties of the AN, NL and FI did not do as well as expected.
1 August 2002 (57 words)
'Illegal immigration' - the hot election issue
In the run-up to the May local elections, immigration, asylum seekers and refugees were, as ever in Italy, the hot electoral issue, with the Northern League (NL) most strident in its attacks on 'illegal immigrants'.
1 August 2002 (682 words)
Fingerprinting compulsory for non-EU immigrants
In May, the government approved a new measure making fingerprinting compulsory for non-EU immigrants.
31 May 2002 (23 words)
South Americans of Italian origin attempt to return
The number of South Americans of Italian origin applying for passports has increased vastly due to economic recession, with about 300000 South Americans Brazilians applying for passports.
12 February 2002 (39 words)
Research into irregular immigration
A study suggests that Italy is the European country with the most non-EU seasonal workers and the highest rate of undocumented immigration.
12 February 2002 (167 words)
Four out of five home helps are undocumented
Research on domestic labour in Italy by Eurispecs, reveals that four out of five home-helps are undocumented workers.
5 February 2002 (126 words)
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