She made curbing migration a keystone of her successful 2022 election campaign. Now, the government of hard-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has agreed to let almost 500,000 documented immigrants enter Italy over the next three years. Her cabinet has announced that it will be issuing work visas for nearly half a million non-EU nationals between 2026 and 2028. The decision is part of a strategy to tackle illegal immigration and respond to labour shortages in the country, while maintaining a tough rhetoric on migration. FRANCE 24 talks to Alberto Rizzi, Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations.
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