The bill proposes to add “violence or threats against public officials, enslavement, and participating in riots at migrant detention centres” to the list of crimes that can lead to expulsion, according to Italian news agency Ansa.
Judges already can - and frequently do - remove residency rights and order expulsion following convictions for serious crimesincluding terrorism-related charges, mafia association, human trafficking, sexual violence, domestic abuse, stalking, robbery and drug dealing when sentences are more than two years.
The bill would also speed up procedures for expelling convicted foreigners who are already detained and tighten the requirements for special protection status, blocking it for anyone convicted of crimes deemed to show "social dangerousness".
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Ministers proposed the changes under wider immigration legislation also pledging to “ban” migrant boats from Italian waters in "exceptional" circumstances and take more people to Italy's beleaguered migrant processing centres in Albania.
The 17-article bill now needs parliament's approval before it can become law.
Prime Minister Giorgia Melon called on parliament to fast-track the changes, saying on Wednesday that her government had “fulfilled its pledge” to voters.
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