immigration problem in Italy

Immigration problem in Italy is one of the major worries the State really wants to solve or to manage better.
After a first set of immigrant fluxes during 1990 the situation now got worse. The number of immigrants arrived in Italy has increased and the result is an extra-presence of foreigner people who often did not come here for working, but to start illegal or criminals actions.
The influx of immigartion was not yet a large problem. Italy has always had a very low rate of population so it was actually welcoming these workers. These migrants that were being shut out of other western European countries looked to Italy as an easy place to get into unnoticed. At first Italy was used as a way for foreigners to get into the European Union, and eventually many decided to stay once they crossed the border. In 1986, a law was passed by the Italian parliament that protected those workers from outside the European Union by giving them more rights and trying to secure them more jobs in Italy. This increased the amount of foreigners in the country.
Italy's geography make it a perfect spot for illegal imigration, and unfortunately many Africans have died somewhere along the route across mediterranena sea to get from places like Tunisia and Lybia to southern Italy.
Immigration policies within the European Union are much different than those between European Union and non- European countries. The hard part for these people is gaining entry into the EU, after that they probably will not eben need a passport to travel from country as a result of the Schengen Treaty of 1985, giving all members inside the EU the right to move freely across the borders.
Another way these immigrants find ways into the countries is quite creative: when their small boats are met by Italian coast guards as they are approaching the Italian shores, the immigrants find a way to make their boat sink, or cause the motors to stop working, so that there is no way they can be turned back. At this point, they know that the coast guard will have to rescue them by bringing them inland.
Some of the most visible problems being caused by this immigration are regional conflicts between groups of Italians and immigrants ( racism, violence) fluctuating unemployement rates, inreae of workers in unrecognized economic sectors, and the fact that the country is paying for a large amount of foreigners ro be inacrcerated in their prisons.
One reason why these people are not deported when they should be is the 1998 immigration legislation, more commonly known as the Turco-napolitano law.
Part of this law states that those foreigners who are arrested are to be judged by a magistrate. If the magistrate decides that this person will be deported, they are then given two weeks to appeal the decision, during which time they would be alble to slip underground and out of sight.
In July 2002, new legislation was passed, the Bossi-Fini Law which contained an amendment to the Turco-Napolitano Law, stating that illegal immigrants will be ordered to leave the countey within five days, during which time they will be held in Italian custody. The problem with this, however, is that proper deportation procedure is not always followed; foreigners are often not deported as they should be.