Italy to Allow 500,000 New Migrant Entries in Next Three Years

Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni

Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/Bloomberg

Italy’s cabinet approved a decree that lets almost 500,000 documented immigrants enter the country in the next three years.

The decision will allow “the entry into Italy of essential labor that is indispensable to the national economic and production system and otherwise unavailable domestically,” according to a government statement following a cabinet meeting.