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Statewatch News Online: Italy: Provisional immigration quota for 2005 fixed
28 March 2012
Italy:
Provisional immigration quota for 2005 fixed
On 17 December 2004, the Council of Ministers (the cabinet) fixed
the maximum number of third country migrant workers to be allowed
into Italy in 2005 (the measure does not affect the right of
entry for citizens from the 10 new EU member states). The figure,
which is provisional pending the drawing up of Italy's immigration
policy document for 2004-2006, is of 79,500 migrant workers,
based on the country's need for migrant labour according to information
provided by local bodies, the Employment and Social Affairs ministry
and employers' associations. Specific quotas have been established
for countries that have signed cooperation agreements with Italy
on immigration (Tunisia, Albania, Morocco and Egypt) or are in
the process of negotiating agreements on issues such as readmission
and the regulation of migratory flows.
Thus, the breakdown of the third-country workers to be allowed
into Italy in 2005 is as follows:
* 30,000 for employment in non-seasonal subordinate work (that
is, contracted by someone else), half of which may fall under
the categories of care and domestic work;
* 2,500 self employed professionals, including researchers, businessmen
undertaking activities that are of interest for the national
economy, self-employed professionals, partners and managers of
private companies, and qualified and internationally recognised
artists contracted by public or private bodies or companies.
Of these, a maximum of 1,250 will be allowed to convert temporary
residence permits for education or professional training into
residence permits to work as self-employed professionals;
* up to 200 third country nationals of Italian descent from Argentina,
Uruguay and Venezuela, who have previously submitted documentation
to the Italian consulate in their country of origin and have
been included in a register, as self-employed professionals or
for subordinate work, but not under a regime of seasonal employment;
* 21,800 for subordinate work, of whom 1,000 must be highly qualified
or of managerial status, while the remaining 20,800 must be citizens
of countries who have agreed, or are in the process of agreeing,
cooperation agreements with Italy on immigration, including:
3,000 Albanians, 3,000 Tunisians, 2,500 Moroccans, 2,000 Egyptians,
2,000 Nigerians, 2,000 Moldovans, 1,500 Sri Lankans, 1,500 Bangladeshis;
1,500 Philipinos; 1,000 Pakistanis; 100 Somalis and 700 citizens
of non-EU countries who conclude agreements with Italy "aimed
at regulating migratory flows and readmission procedures";
* 25,000 third country nationals will be allowed into Italy for
seasonal employment from Serbia-Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina,
the FYR of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, countries which have
signed cooperation agreements on immigration with Italy, or because
they are workers who have already had a residence permit for
seasonal subordinate work in the year 2003 or 2004.
Decreto del Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri, 17 December
2004. "Programmazione transitoria dei flussi d’ingresso
dei lavoratori extracomunitari nel territorio dello Stato per
l’anno 2005". Gazzetta Ufficiale n.26 del 2.2.05. Also
available on: http//:www.meltingpot.org
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