Italy

The main migration policy instruments in Italy:

Non-exhaustive list of key policy documents in the area of migration:

• National legislation in Italy:
• consult the most recent publications by the European Migration Network on national policies and legislation or the database of national law
• EU legislation:
• consult the adopted EU legislation on Migration and Home Affairs
• Ratified international treaties:
• 1954/1972: ratification of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol.
• 2006: ratification of the 2000 Protocols on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants.

The main ministries in charge of migration affairs:  

• Ministry of Interior: is the main body dealing with migration; is in charge of immigration, asylum, integration, border management, irregular migration and voluntary return; leads an inter-ministerial technical working group on migration policy.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation: international cooperation on migration and development affairs. 

Sources:

• United Nations DESA-Population Division and UNICEF (2014): Migration Profiles - Common Set of Indicators. https://esa.un.org/MigGMGProfiles/Indicators/indicators.HTM
• European Migration Network (2012): The Organisation of Asylum and Migration Policies. Full report. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/migration-policies/it_20120412_organisationasylummigrationpolicies_en_version_final_en.pdf
• European Migration Network (2012): The Organisation of Asylum and Migration Policies. Factsheet Italy. https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/sites/homeaffairs/files/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/asylum-migration/14._italy_factsheet_institutional_chart_en.pdf

Last update: December 2018