The Council of Ministers approved the immigration bill, which includes provisions implementing the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and other provisions relating to migrants.
Among the new measures are a naval blockade, easier expulsions and more restrictive rules in detention centres .
According to Article 10 of the provision, "in cases of serious threat to public order or national security, crossing the border of territorial waters may be temporarily prohibited by resolution of the Council of Ministers, upon proposal of the Minister of the Interior." Serious threats include "the concrete risk of terrorist acts or terrorist infiltration into national territory; exceptional migratory pressure such as to compromise the secure management of borders; health emergencies of international significance; and high-level international events requiring the adoption of extraordinary security measures ."
Violators of the ban face fines of up to €50,000. Joint liability extends to the user or shipowner and the vessel's owner. And in the event of repeated violations using the same vessel, "the additional administrative sanction of confiscation of the vessel shall apply, and the investigating body shall immediately proceed with precautionary seizure."
Foreigners held in Repatriation Detention Centers (CPR) are prohibited from using their phones : "Outside of the authorized hours, spaces, and methods of use," detained foreigners "are not permitted to freely possess, within the facility, cell phones, even their own. These phones are kept by personnel of the entity in charge of management and are made available to the interested party for the period strictly necessary for their use."
As for expulsions , they must be decided by judges and carried out, "in addition to the cases expressly provided for by law, when the foreigner or citizen belonging to a member state of the European Union is sentenced to a penalty restricting personal freedom for violence or threats to a public official, resisting a public official, violence or threats to a political, administrative or judicial body, with aggravating circumstances."
(Unioneonline)
