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.
El anterior gobierno italiano, formado por el gobierno de Silvio Berlusconi, Popolo della libertà (Pueblo de la Libertad) y el partido de extrema derecha de Umberto Bossi, la Liga del Norte, crearon un arsenal legal y dieron pasos en contra de la inmigración en Italia, que ha sido denunciada en varias ocasiones por la sociedad civil y la Iglesia Católica.