Immigration in Italy between First and Second Republic. From the Reception Policies to the “Emergency” Management of Migrations (1980-2018)

Laburpena

This paper aims to rebuild the Italian policies in regards to migrations of the last thirty years by using available statistical data. During these years Italy has finally overcome its old role – being an emigration country – to become a new destination for many migrants. We would like to underline how these policies are not related to actual inflows, and how lawmaking considers the migration phenomenon as a threat to public order. It is possible to highlight a first phase (1980-1990), during which laws are mostly exceptional and administrative measures for managing migrations and recognition of the rights to those who live and work in Italy. A second phase (1990-2001), during which Italian governments try to establish a more systematic framework on immigration; a third phase (2002-2011), during which laws have been changed in a more restrictive and repressive sense.