From now on, “Migrants rejected for asylum in Italy will have to pay 5,000 euros or be sent to a detention center while their appeals are examined“. The Italian Government provided for this measure in a decree dated 22 September. This amount will be used for a person’s accommodation and living expenses for one month, as well as the cost of their repatriation in the event of a final rejection of their application. However, this measure has been widely criticized, especially by left-wing parties. The daily La Repubblica described it as a “ransom” and for MP Emiliano Fossi of the Democratic Party, “The (Italian)  government is filling the state coffers  on the backs and desperation of the people.”