The risk of COVID-19 in their country of origin can be considered a reason to grant migrants humanitarian protection in Italy, a Milan court has ruled. Meanwhile, new data shows that more than 34,000 migrants and refugees arrived on Italian shores in 2020.
The civil society-driven Humanitarian Corridors initiative has enabled 54 Syrian refugees to travel to Rome on Friday. This trip marks the end of the second mission of the initiative, which is implemented by different Italian churches.
In recent years, tens of thousands of unaccompanied migrants have arrived in Italy, without their parents or family. These children and teenagers represent a particularly vulnerable category of immigrants. Their living arrangements and education are organised around a system that helps develop a personalised approach, including a legal guardian. Part of the local population also helps these youngsters integrate into Italian society. Our correspondents report from Palermo, on the southern Italian island of Sicily.
For refugees in Italy, JumaMap provides information on regulations and where they can find help. Now the website has been updated to deal with the COVID-19 emergency.
Italy must grant family benefits to non-EU citizens who are long-term residents, even if their family members are not living in the EU, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Wednesday.
A new building will open at the migrant hotspot on the Italian island of Lampedusa next week, following renovations. Now the center will provide room for 328 migrants instead of just 192.
A year ago, Alpha Diallo's life changed. The 41-year-old refugee from Guinea started an internship at Leroy Merlin, one of more than 120 companies included in the UNHCR project 'Welcome: Working for Refugee Integration'.
Italy's National Guarantor for the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty expressed "perplexity and concern" over the transfer of migrants to a quarantine ship after they tested positive for the coronavirus. They had previously been hosted for some time at migrant reception centers.
Two refugees who enrolled as students at the University of Florence through a project by the UN refugee agency UNHCR called "University Corridors for Refugees" (UNICORE) will be will provided with scholarships.
The Christian Associations of Italian Workers (ACLI) have welcomed recent changes to Italy's migrant and security decrees but have demanded a reform of citizenship rights.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Wednesday posthumously awarded the gold medal for civil merit to Roberto Malgesini. The priest was known for helping migrants and homeless people. He was stabbed to death in front of his home last month.
The Italian region of Tuscany has issued an ordinance that calls for most of the migrants staying at church buildings in Pistoia to be relocated to other facilities. The goal: To reduce overcrowding and thus reduce the risk of a coronavirus outbreak.