The hybrid readmission system shall: Genealogy of an alignment between supranationalism and bilateralism, ADIM Blog, Editorial, February 2020. ; Il sistema ibrido della riammissione: Genealogia di un allineamento tra sovranazionalismo e bilateralismo, ADiM Blog, Editoriale, febbraio 2020

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on 31 January 2020, the Minister for the Interior of the Italian Republic and the Minister for Security and Civil Protection of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire signed a declaration of intent to foster closer cooperation in the field of migration control and return. The text provides, inter alia, for the need to "carry out the relevant procedures for the return of Ivorian nationals in an irregular situation, using the competent services of the Embassy of Côte d'Ivoire in Italy to identify them". 1 the text and spirit of the declaration are in line with a long series of agreements which Italy has concluded with an increasing number of non-European countries, particularly African countries, at intergovernmental but also transgovernmental level (i.e. agreements signed between the ministerial departments or secretariats of the signatory countries). The identification of irregular migrants is a central element upstream of such flexible arrangements, which, by definition, require neither the approval of the parliaments of the signatory countries nor ratification of their implementation. Moreover, given their lack of visibility, their existence and their concrete consequences can easily be contradicted at political level. Finally, given that bilateral cooperation on return involves many unknowns about its practical and regular implementation, the potential (explicit or implicit) disruption of a flexible agreement by a non-European country is less burdensome from a political point of view for a European State. Over the last decades, Italy, like France, Spain, the United Kingdom and Germany, has signed several Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), administrative arrangements. ; Il 31 gennaio 2020, il Ministro dell'interno della Repubblica italiana ed il Ministro della sicurezza e della protezione civile della Repubblica della Costa d'Avorio hanno siglato una dichiarazione di intenti volta a favorire una più stretta collaborazione in materia di controllo dei flussi migratori e di rimpatrio. Il testo prevede, tra l'altro, il ...