Capital of Italy will welcome protesters calling for change in the right to Italian citizenship
Artists, politicians and representative groups scheduled a demonstration to demand Change in the right to Italian citizenship. through naturalization.
“We take to the streets because we don’t want to continue to have a “rented” citizenship, says the group's statement sent to the press. The event will take place on the day October 03.
The groups, including the Neri Italiani (Black Italians), made up of young people of African and African descent South America, call for the revocation of the Security decrees.
Implemented in 2018, the Security decree – nicknamed Salvini decree – made it difficult to grant humanitarian protection in the country to asylum seekers and changed rules related to the recognition of citizenship through naturalization.
The Supreme Court reaffirmed: citizenship is born with the person.
- New legal front opened
- Processes can still be filed.
- Individual assessment before any decision.
According to the protesters, the measures adopted worsened the conditions of immigrants. Now, they are asking for speed in the discussion of the ius soli, which in Latin means “right of soil”, and jus culturae, paralyzed in the Italian Senate.
understand the difference
Ius Sanguinis guarantees the applicant the right to citizenship of a country through their ancestry, that is, through “right of blood”.
Ius Soli, which means “right of soil” in Latin, guarantees the individual the right to the nationality of the place where they were born.
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