The old Italian government, formed by Silvio Berlusconi's party, Popolo della libertà (People of Freedom), and Umberto Bossi's extreme right party, the Northern League, created a legal arsenal and took steps against immigration in Italy, which have been denounced on several occasions by civil society and the Catholic Church.
Serikali ya kale ya Italia, iliyofanyizwa na Silvio Berlusconi, Popolo della libertà (Watu wa Uhuru), na chama cha haki kabisa cha Silvio Bossi, Ushirika wa Kaskazini, ilitengeneza silaha ya kisheria na kuchukua hatua dhidi ya uhamiaji katika Italia, ambayo imeshutumiwa mara kadhaa na jamii ya kiraia na Kanisa Katoliki.