Immigration bill stamped out, no crackdown on MPs in CPRs
The bill, which was given the green light by the Cabinet on 11 February, introduces the naval blockade and intervenes in the Consolidated Text on Immigration by providing, among other things, that foreigners detained in the CPRs may use camera-less telephones, in addition to fixed telephones
The draft law on immigration, which includes the proxy for the implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, launched by the Council of Ministers on 11 February, has been stamped by the State General Accounting Office.
The naval blockade arrives
The bill introduces the naval blockade and intervenes in the Consolidated Immigration Act by providing, among other things, that foreigners detained in the CPRs may use camera-less telephones, in addition to fixed telephones.
There is no clampdown on MPs in the CPRs
Compared to the drafts circulated two months ago, on access to the CPRs without authorisation for members of the government and parliamentarians there is no longer the specification - contested at the time by the oppositions - 'limited to the right to interview foreigners present in the centres who request it'.
The covers
For the implementation of the enabling act, costs of approximately 40 million euros are foreseen: 657,211 euros for 2026 and 19.6 million for each of the next two years, more than half from the Fund for Unavoidable Needs. If the legislative decrees will have additional costs or will not be covered by the European Asylum Migration and Integration Fund, it will be necessary to allocate the necessary resources first.
