18 October 2010
Whether a foreign citizen is in the country legally or not, he remains a human being with fundamental rights, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Gianfranco Fini has said.
The problem of dealing with irregular immigrants should not be passed over to the local authorities, Mr. Fini said, adding that the national authorities must ensure their rights are respected.
“Citizenship should not be conceived as a status, but as belonging to a community, where people live, study, work,” Mr. Fini said.
He said there are people, not only non-EU citizens, who work in the country but are not Italians citizens and don’t necessarily aspire to become citizens.
“Whether a foreigner aspires to become a citizen or not, whether he is in the country legally or not, he remains a human being with his fundamental rights,” Mr. Fini said.
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