Italy Logs 382,071 Arrivals As Crime Falls — Dublin Rules Funnel Migrants Into Caporalato Exploitation
Oxford analysis argues Italy’s rising immigration coincides with falling crime, challenging political narratives. It links the EU’s Dublin Regulation to involuntary immobility that pushes migrants into precarious agricultural work via the caporalato system, where exploitation and unsafe living conditions are widespread. The piece situates the paradox within the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and recent Italian decrees, urging policy focused on protection and legal work pathways.
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