Italy's migrant surge: Is Meloni's strategy collapsing?
Italy curbs citizenship rules to end tenuous descendant claims
Episode 7223 of the Daily SumUp podcast, hosted by Daily SumUp, titled "Italy's migrant surge: Is Meloni's strategy collapsing?" was published on March 30, 2025 and runs 1 minutes.
March 30, 2025 ·1m · Daily SumUp
Summary
Italy's government tightened its citizenship laws on Friday, preventing people from delving deep back into their family history to try to claim a much sought-after Italian passport.Under existing rules, anyone who can prove they had an Italian ancestor who was alive after March 17, 1861, when the Kingdom of Italy was created, can seek citizenship.However, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the system was being abused, with would-be Italians swamping consulates abroad for requests for passports, which provide visa-free entry to more countries than almost any other nationality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Description
Italy's government tightened its citizenship laws on Friday, preventing people from delving deep back into their family history to try to claim a much sought-after Italian passport.
Under existing rules, anyone who can prove they had an Italian ancestor who was alive after March 17, 1861, when the Kingdom of Italy was created, can seek citizenship.
However, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said the system was being abused, with would-be Italians swamping consulates abroad for requests for passports, which provide visa-free entry to more countries than almost any other nationality.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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