A recent government decree
quashing asylum seekers' rights to appeal against rejections of
their bids for asylum status "suppresses guarantees" and must be
changed, the first president of the Cassation Court, Giovanni
Canzio, said Tuesday. Canzio appealed to Justice Minister Andrea
Orlando to restore the asylum seekers' appeal rights. The decree
only allows an appeal to the Cassation Court, Italy's highest
court of appeal, which rules on legal issues. The first degree
of appeals, on the merits of cases, has been eliminated by the
decree.
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