Italy allocates 10,500 work visas to Pakistan in new labour-migration partnership
Decreto Flussi under fire: only 23 residence permits issued from 3,196 applications in Bergamo
‘Flussi flop’ as Bergamo applications plunge and permits stall
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Italian court forces embassy to issue family-reunion visa after wrongful refusal
The Lazio TAR intervened on 25 February to overturn the Italian embassy in Colombo’s refusal of a short-stay visa for a Sri Lankan grandmother. The emergency ruling highlights courts’ willingness to strike down vague consular refusals and signals that detailed reasoning and humanitarian factors must be weighed, offering a precedent for family-reunion cases.
Interior-ministry union demands staffing boost for immigration offices as 2026 flow quotas swell
Civil-service union FLP Interno warned on 25 February that immigration offices lack the manpower to process the enlarged 2026-2028 flussi quotas. It is demanding immediate hiring approvals and a structural increase in head-count, signalling that visa and permit timelines could lengthen further if the government does not act.
Italian travellers warned: UK ETA becomes compulsory from 25 February
From 25 February 2026 every Italian tourist or business visitor to the UK must apply online for a £20 Electronic Travel Authorisation before boarding. Airlines will refuse travellers who cannot show an approved ETA, making it essential for corporate mobility teams to incorporate the new step into trip-approval workflows.
Rome publishes emergency security-and-migration decree-law n. 23/2026
A new emergency decree-law, published on 24 February, stiffens Italy’s border-control and detention regime, expands pre-removal centres and introduces electronic service of documents to asylum seekers. Employers must prepare for stricter identity checks and higher fines for late reporting while lawyers anticipate constitutional challenges during the upcoming parliamentary conversion.
Flussi under fire: only 7.9 % of 2025 work-entry quotas turned into permits
Civil-society monitors report that fewer than one in twelve 2025 Flussi quota places resulted in a residence permit, citing consular delays and employer fraud. The disclosure raises doubts about Italy’s ability to manage the much larger 2026-28 quotas and signals compliance risks for companies that rely on the scheme.
Italy’s Albania off-shoring plan accelerates: record 90 migrants held in Gjader
Site visits by Italian NGOs confirm that the number of migrants transferred from Italy to the Gjader facility in Albania has surged to about 90, despite pending legal challenges at the EU Court of Justice. The acceleration signals Rome’s determination to externalise detention and could presage broader European outsourcing of asylum processing.
EU Council clears package of accords with Switzerland, easing border frictions for Northern Italy
EU ministers have authorised the signing of a fresh set of market-access and mobility accords with Switzerland, promising quicker A1 social-security clearance and aligned border technology. The move should reduce red tape for thousands of Italian cross-border commuters and for companies posting staff into the Swiss market.