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France 24
France 24
Politics
Natalia MENDOZA

Italy cracks down on asylum, boosting work visas instead

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Italy's far-right government, led by PM Giorgia Meloni, recently made a change to its immigration policy. This involves a crackdown on residence permits for asylum seekers and an increase in deportation centres, in order to discourage illegal immigration. But the government also wants to increase the number of work visas for foreign workers from about 30 countries. The goal is to help alleviate chronic labour shortages, which affect various sectors of the eurozone's third-largest economy. Our correspondent reports.

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