The outgoing interior minister closed Italy's refugee camps and its ports. But even with Matteo Salvini out of government, asylum-seekers are still trapped in a cycle of homelessness, harassment and frustration.
A center for migrants and the homeless will be set up in Rome's Tiburtina station neighborhood to provide information on housing and meals. Assistance will be provided by the Baobab association, the municipality has said.
#WelcomingEurope is a European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) demanding a ban on the criminalization of solidarity with migrants in member states, support for European citizens who want to offer safety to people fleeing persecution, and the guarantee of effective access to justice to all victims of exploitation and abuse.
A migrant reception centre in Naples has opened its doors to families and the homeless during the cold snap. Meanwhile, Baobab Experience in Rome has asked for help for migrants in transit affected by the snow and ice.
About 2,000 migrants were stopped at the Baobab Experience humanitarian center for migrants at Rome's Tiburtina train station between April and October 2017. Associations working for migrant rights say that access to asylum and relocation procedures is difficult in the capital.
Volunteers from the Italian environmental organization Legambiente and migrants living in a camp near the Tiburtina train station in Rome came together in an event called 'Clean the World' on Sunday. They cleaned up rubbish in the camp as well in the surrounding streets and areas. The initiative was part of a nation-wide awareness campaign in Italy.
This picture shows 36 migrants on board a police vehicle near the Tiburtina Station in Rome. They were taken to a police station on Thursday morning for a "mass identification", as the activist group Baobab Experience reported on their Facebook page.