(ANSA) - Rome, April 12 - The Lower House on Wednesday gave final approval to Interior Minister Marco Minniti's decree on migration-related issues. The decree, which passed a confidence vote on Tuesday, got the green light with 240 votes in favour, 176 against and 12 abstentions. The legislation features the creation of new reception centres for repatriation, cuts in the time asylum requests are examined, the elimination of a layer of justice for appeals, the option for asylum-seekers to do socially useful work and an allocation of 19 million euros for the execution of expulsions.

