A look at immigrant associations The debate on the right to vote for immigrants recalls the question, certainly not new, of the politics of recognition based on rights and participation which, according to many observers, should characterize a society that declares itself to be democratic. On the other hand, this would contribute to overcoming the…
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Administrative vote to immigrants The right to vote for immigrants in local authorities was promised and then withdrawn for reasons of expediency by the center-left. Now he should have the necessary votes in Parliament: the proposal comes from the National Alliance, a political force not suspicious of left-wing extremism. Those involved in immigration know that…
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IMMIGRANT WORKERS AND COOPERATIVE ENTERPRISES Cooperative enterprises can play a decisive role in transforming work placement into social integration, especially in the possibility of involving the immigrant workforce in a more active and qualified way. This is particularly important in a labor market in which the problem of both the recognition of professionalism and the…
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One of the recent data on immigration in Italy concerns the growing presence of women. To provide a summary of the situation, a contribution by Mara Tognetti Bordogna is offered. It traces, through the history of migration in our country, the role of foreign women in migratory flows which is expressed above all in their…
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Local policies and immigration between social questions and conflicts In recent years, the phenomenon of protest by Italian citizens against immigrants has increased, above all due to the spread of stereotypes that tend to associate immigration with crime. This seems to have had a significant influence on the orientation of local immigration policies and, in…
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On 21 June, the German ship “Cap Anamur” sailed near Lampedusa, with a cargo of supplies for the hospital that the humanitarian organization that owns the vessel operates in Baghdad. He spotted a dinghy in the open sea with 37 people without water or food, the engine in a pan and a half-deflated air chamber.…
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As has already been pointed out several times in recent years by the Caritas Dossier, which is an important reference for those who deal with immigration, an important reference point for those who want to realize the state and the migratory dynamics in our country, immigration is a structural dimension of our society, both in…
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In Italy, since 1998, there has been legislation recogniseing on racial, ethnic, national or religious grounds and providing for the possibility of civil action against such discrimination. The document presented here sets out the main lines of the two directives issued by the Council of Europe: Directive 2000/43/EC, which implements the principle of equal treatment…
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The Constitutional Court, with two judgments filed on July 15, 2004, declared the “Bossi Fini” law unconstitutional in two elements that undermine its foundations. The first element, identified with the No. 222, consists in the fact that it does not provide that “the validation judgment must be carried out in a contradictory way, before the…
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There are a total of 30 foreign workers interviewed, all employed. Of these, 5 found work through the counter, 1 through an interim employment agency (and subsequently permanently hired), 21 were hired after an internship and three showed up directly at the company. The range of nationalities is extremely wide (14 countries), but only four…
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