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It is time to move from words to action, Ms. Murer tells Government
Ministry of Home Affairs has succeeded to drastically reduce the time required to process Permits of Stay, Home Affairs Minister Roberto Maroni has said.
Answering a Parliamentary question by the Democratic Party MPs on why the ministry has been taking unnecessarily long to issue the permits, Mr. Maroni said much progress has been made since last year.
In 2009, the ministry provided more human and material resources to the immigrations offices processing the permits, Mr. Maroni said.
Some 70 new scanners for fingerprinting have been supplied to the immigrations offices and staff members allowed to work overtime to clear the backlog, the minister said.
He revealed that last year, his ministry managed to issue 43% more permits than the previous year.
Mr. Maroni said he is aiming at reducing the time required to issue and renew permits, hoping to succeed in doing so within 20 days as required by the law.
The minister’s answer, however, didn’t convince Ms. Delia Murer, one of the MPs who presented the question. She said that Mr. Maroni answered their question with uncertainty, promising to reduce the time required to issue and renew permits, without explaining how he plans to do so.
Ms. Murer said there are people who have to wait for 15 months in order to be issued their permits and a backlog of more than 500,000 applications for Permits of Stay.
She observed that while immigrants waiting to be issued their permits are issued a receipt which is supposed to guarantee full respect of all their rights, in reality, this never happens.
Immigrants waiting to be issued permits have limited rights, many problems and live in a state of uncertainty, she said.
It is time to move from words to action, Ms. Murer told the Government.
By Stephen Ogongo
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