Conference – 15 December: Border Detention in a Continuously Changing Legal Framework

On 15 December 2025, at Cre.Zi. Plus in Palermo (Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa, via Paolo Gili 4), the associations ASGI, CLEDU, and Spazi Circolari will organise a training and discussion day dedicated to the evolution of border detention. The day will provide an updated overview of the ongoing changes in the border procedures and detention […]

Yet Another Reform on Entry Flows: Initial Notes on Decree-Law No. 146 of 3 October

The paper provides an early analysis of Decree-Law No. 146 of 3 October 2025, which marks another stage in the reform of legislation governing the entry of foreign workers, as well as immigration law more broadly. It reviews the innovations introduced regarding entry and residence for employment purposes, as well as the measures implemented to […]

“Cutro Decree”: Restricting special protection only produces illegality and insecurity

An opinion by the Legal Clinic on Migration and Rights of the University of Palermo With the Decree-Law of March 10, 2023, no. 20, “provisions regarding the legal entry flows of foreign workers and the prevention and countering of irregular immigration” were introduced, declared to be of “extraordinary necessity and urgency”. Given that: The measure […]

Complementary protection after D.L. 20/2023. A study on work and residence, also drawing on the experience of the Legal Clinic on Migration and Rights of the University of Palermo

We publish a contribution by Dr. Rita Daila Costa and Dr. Claudio Costanzo, focusing on complementary protection after Decree-Law no. 20/2023, also drawing on the experience of the Legal Clinic on Migration and Rights (Clinica MiDi) at the University of Palermo (UNIPA). This paper proposes an analysis of the institution of complementary protection in the […]