By Luciano Seller
On Wednesday, July 26, immigrant associations gathered in the Senate to ask for a calendar of the bill on citizenship.
The proposed law on "temperate Ius soli" provides for the acquisition of citizenship for minors born in Italy and who have at least one parent with long-term residence permit and resident in Italy for a continuous and legal period of at least five years . "Ius culturae" refers to children born abroad by foreign parents but arrived in Italy before 12 years of age who have regularly attended school, within the national territory and for at least five years, one or more cycles in institutions belonging to the national system Three-year or four-year education or vocational education and training courses appropriate to the achievement of a professional qualification.
Citizenship may also be granted to a foreigner who has entered the national territory prior to reaching the age of majority but has been resident for at least six years and has regularly attended a school cycle with the acquisition of the title.
Italian Left Senator Loredana De Petris joined us promising her group's positive vote. A delegation with Rudy Colongo, a CUB immigration, went to the Senate to speak with PD Group leader Zanda, who pledged to submit to the Senate the bill in September.
We have participated as the Italo Filippino Friendship Committee.
Rudy Colongo has asked that the law for Ius Soli be supported not only by the left but also by the Catholic world. In fact, the Pope has so strongly supported the rights of immigrants. "We ask, said Rudy, the attention of the whole Catholic world.
We call for Catholic information, even for ius alone, the same political attention reserved for bioethics. The issue of Citizenship must be resumed and indeed enriched. In fact, we ask to set the constraints of the Temperate Ius Soli" and to recognize citizenship to all children born and raised in Italy. Regardless of the nationality of the parents. "
