Thanks to a humanitarian corridors project, on Wednesday, 37 Syrian nationals including 13 minors arrived in Rome on a flight from Beirut. On October 28, another 29 refugees are due to arrive from Lebanon.
UN refugee agency UNHCR has denounced Tajikistan for its continued "forced" repatriation of Afghan refugees. The Central Asian country reportedly keeps deporting Afghans despite the human rights violations in their home country.
The Rome University of International Studies UNINT on June 10 started free classes of Italian for Ukrainians to support them in their integration into the country. The courses focus on adults and children and will be held every Friday and Saturday or June and July. Children will learn Italian by playing, adults in university classrooms.
The organization 'No CPR' is asking for the closure of the Center for Residence and Repatriation (CPR) in the northeastern Italian city of Gradisca d'Isonzo, along with all CPRs in Italy. The demand comes after the death on December 7 of a man believed to be a Moroccan citizen staying in the facility.
A project titled "Rural Social ACT" was launched in Rome with the goal of fighting the problem of illegal gangmastering, stemming mafia practices, and promoting inclusion as well as social and job reinsertion for migrants.
The Region of Lazio announced the opening of two pediatric clinics in east Rome for foreigners with an STP (Temporarily Present Foreigners) card or an ENI card for EU citizens not signed up with Italy's national healthcare network.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is working with local health authorities in eastern Rome to provide medical assistance to marginalized women. Services include pregnancy check-ups, cancer screenings and support for victims of gender-based violence and genital mutilation.
Several Italian organizations have said that an eviction of an informal camp for transiting migrants in Rome was "ineffective" and have criticized the government for proving "no alternative solution ... for the people taking shelter there."
The head of the Comunità di Sant'Egidio, Marco Impagliazzo, has once again asked that legal pathways for migrants to enter Europe be reopened; stressing that "fair and documented immigration can contribute" to economic recovery.
The humanitarian organization Intersos denounced in a statement that in Rome, hundreds of migrant adolescents are homeless and at risk for abuse. It said the number of unaccompanied minors in transit in the city has been increasing in recent weeks.
Many migrants do not have access to state support and health care in Italy because they cannot register their residency, according to Action Aid. The NGO is demanding local authorities end the practices that exclude many migrants from city registries.
Baobab Experience said that authorities cleared its makeshift facilities at Rome's Tiburtina station, for the '41st time in six years'. The organizations provides aid to homeless migrants in the area.