Overview
- The Chamber of Deputies gave final approval to the corrective decree for assisted voluntary repatriations, confirming the text already cleared by the Senate.
- The €615 contribution for initial needs remains but is now paid to the 'rappresentante munito di mandato' who provided assistance rather than to the legal representative named in the original law.
- Payment is no longer conditioned on the foreign national's actual departure and will be disbursed at the 'conclusion of the proceeding', with the Interior Ministry required to issue a ministerial decree within 60 days to define eligible assisting figures and payment rules.
- All references to the Consiglio Nazionale Forense were removed from the list of bodies that may collaborate with the Interior Ministry after the CNF publicly criticized the initial provision linking incentives to repatriation.
- Projected costs rise to about €1.4 million for 2026–2028 and the implementing ministerial decree will determine how many people qualify, how assistance is verified, and how the policy affects migrants and legal representatives in practice.