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 zamani ya Italia, iliyoundwa na chama cha Silvio Berlusconi, Popolo della libertà (Watu wa Uhuru), na chama cha Umberto Bossi cha msimamo mkali wa mrengo wa kulia kiitwacho Northen League, ilijiandaa kisheria na kuchukua hatua dhidi ya uhamiaji nchini Italia. Hatua hizi zimekemewa mara kadhaa na mashirika ya kiraia pamoja na Kanisa Katoliki.