Italian PM Meloni's party proposes swift deportation of foreign offenders

ROME, July 8 (Reuters) - ‌Italian Prime ​Minister ​Giorgia Meloni's right-wing party presented a draft bill on Wednesday to promote the repatriation ‌of convicted foreign offenders and make it easier ⁠to strip them of Italian citizenship.

• Under the proposal, all ‌non-EU nationals sentenced to ‌more than one year in prison would be deported to their home countries, regardless of whether they ​consent.

• During a press conference in parliament, members of Meloni's Brothers of Italy party said ⁠deportations would take place under bilateral agreements to be negotiated with the ​countries concerned.

• Offenders would have only limited grounds to challenge deportation, including the risk ​of inhuman treatment or the death ‌penalty in their home country.

• Repatriated prisoners would be barred from returning to ⁠Italy.

• Brothers of Italy lawmaker Sara Kelany said the proposal would also broaden the range of offences that ⁠could lead to the revocation of Italian citizenship for foreign-born offenders.

• ​Parliament is separately discussing a proposal by coalition partner the League that would tighten citizenship requirements and make it easier ‌to lose Italian nationality.

• With a parliamentary election due next year, the League ‌and Brothers of Italy are facing pressure from ⁠Futuro Nazionale, an emerging ‌far-right anti-immigration movement ​that polls suggest is drawing support away from both parties.

(Reporting by Angelo AmanteEditing by Gareth ‌Jones )

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