Female migrants who were being hosted at an Italian government CAS reception center in Torrenova, on the eastern outskirts of Rome, will be transferred. The government has closed the center, and the nuns who were providing assistance to the women are protesting against the closure.
Four organizations in Italy - Liberi Nantes, UISP, UNHCR and ASGI - presented a proposal to the National Amateur League football association in Italy aimed at promoting integration through football and removing the bureaucratic barriers that prevent refugees from playing in the amateur championship.
A recent report by the Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) detailed cases of sexual violence and exploitation of migrants, including young men and boys, during their journey to Italy. It goes on to describe what happens to many survivors after they reach Europe.
Gennaro Santoro is an Italian lawyer working with the non-governmental organization the Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights (CILD). Since the so-called ‘Salvini Decree’ was implemented in autumn 2018, lots of you have asked us questions on Facebook about how it will affect your life in Italy. Below are some answers to your questions.
The Italian Association of Psychology (AIP) has warned that Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's migrants-security decree, which clamped down on migrants' stay permits, will lead to an ''increase in irregular'' migrants and in psychological disorders. It said the decree would also have a negative impact on Italian society at large.
''After the Salvini decree, a human rights problem has arisen,'' said Pier Antonio Panzeri, head of the Subcommittee on Human Rights of the European Parliament on a visit to Rome. Speaking at a press conference, he spoke about meetings with both institutional bodies and humanitarian organizations and said that the latter had stressed their concern over the rights and protection of migrants.
A new report by the European Network on Statelessness shows that those who have already obtained Italian citizenship could risk becoming stateless due to the controversial measures contained in the country's newly enacted security decree.
The court of appeals in Brescia, a city in northern Italy, has ruled that migrants in the city's municipalities are discriminated against through ''disproportionate increases in costs for certificates required'' to reside legally in Italy.
The Italian Cassation Court said the Salvini decree, which tightened the criteria on issuing stay permits for migrants, is not retroactively applicable. Therefore, applications presented prior to the decree's implementation must be considered under the previous regulations.
Municipalities in Italy's Bologna area have signed an agreement that sets up a registry list for asylum seekers. The goal of the 'rescue-migrants' pact is to bypass rules established by the Salvini migrant and security decree.
The mayor of Palermo, Leoluca Orlando, has signed the first measures to register as full residents four foreigners who currently have a permit for humanitarian reasons or as asylum seekers. He hereby defies a ban in the controversial migrant and security decree drafted by Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini.
A new guide by the Italian Coalition for Freedom and Civil Rights (CILD) aims to help foreigners answer questions that have arisen since the recent passage into law of the Salvini security decree. The guide responds to inquiries such as how a foreign citizen can register in the civil registry and what possible repercussions a lack of registration could have on a migrant in terms of access to public services.