Italian development cooperation following migration flows

The Italian Parliament is about to approve a bill enabling the government to streamline and speed up bilateral cooperation agreements with countries signing migration repatriation agreements.

This controversial article is part of a broader bill, aiming at boasting Italian economic productivity; particularly it specifically entrusts the government to review its development cooperation administrative procedures in order to speed up development cooperation interventions, including management, in emergencies contexts and with partner countries that signed up to migration control and repatriation agreements. The article clearly details that additional priority is to be given to countries agreeing to jail their citizen that were initially jailed in Italy. This article is an infringement of international human rights and of the main aims of the Italian development cooperation, as stated in the Law. Eventually the article approves a 2 million euro cut of the Italian development cooperation to fund the expenditure stemming form the implementation of the Italian-Israel Treaty.