Italy has recently approved the Decreto Flussi as well as urgent provisions on legal entry flows of foreign workers and on preventing and combatting illegal immigration, which effect changes in respect of the Italian Immigration Law. 1,2
Under Decreto Flussi, the government established a quota of 82,705 “units” (a “unit” is a person) for “seasonal” and “non-seasonal” employees, and self-employed individuals for 2023.
The Council of Ministers has also approved a new decree-law with urgent measures on legal entry flows of foreign workers and on preventing and combating irregular immigration. The Legislative Decree 20/2023 was published on 10 March 2023, aiming to simplify the legal entry of foreign nationals for work reasons.3 The government has 60 days now to convert this Legislative Decree into law.