"The law on citizenship is too restrictive, we need to open new channels of access to Italian citizenship for many young men and many young people, children of immigrants"
The network of children of immigrants "G2 second generation" gave now in the hands of a letter to President Giorgio Napolitano the reform of the Citizenship Act (Act 91 of 1992), on the occasion of the celebration of National Day for the Rights of the Child. Talking to the President and to deliver the call for reform of the law was the seventeen year old Ian Kiggundu, student at Newton High School in Rome, who led the delegation of the network of immigrant children. The delegation, composed of children and adolescents has been received at the Quirinal Palace in the presence of ministers Rosy Bindi, Family policies, and Paolo Ferrero, Social Solidarity, and Anna Maria Serafini, president of the Bicameral Committee for Children. During the ceremony have also talked about children and young people, together with the Group's participation Coordination PIDIDA (For the Rights of the Child, which collects more than 40 Italian NGOs).
"We believe also that she turns to us when he speaks to the entire population - continues to appeal to G2 -. For this reason we ask to make sure that all the children of Italy have the same opportunity to start and may have the same aspirations of the Italians and not remain with the residence permit. I would ask you to seek the path of the Italian law on citizenship that we hope will finally recognize all of equal respect for our peers, the children of Italians, Friends , classmates, neighbors, with whom, shoulder to shoulder, we are already becoming adults. "
The words and the appeal of the G2 network has proved sensitive Napolitano, who concluded the ceremony by declaring: "The law on citizenship is too restrictive, we need to open new channels of access to Italian citizenship for many young men and many young people, children of immigrants. " Full
Letter:
http://www.secondegenerazioni.it/forum/viewtopic.php?t=641
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