CAT/OP/ITA/1/Add.1 39. Within SPRAR - but still on an experimental basis -, we have tested in some cities (Turin, Asti, Parma and Fidenza) hosting family-related initiatives for persons who have been already involved for some time in the SPRAR system. 40. In May 2014, the Department for Civil Liberties and Immigration of the Ministry of Interior indicated to the Prefectures the possibility of signing memoranda of understanding in order to facilitate asylum-seekers integration, by proposing to them to carry out either charity work or community services. The 2016 Stability Law also envisages specific support for the above initiatives, by establishing, on an experimental basis, for the years 2016 and 2017, at the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, a Fund designed to reintegrating the INAIL mandatory insurance against diseases and injuries. At the end of 2015, seven regional MoUs and more than fourteen provincial and 70 municipal protocols have been signed. 41. The stay at the various Centers3 responds to the need to complete all the necessary formalities, including identification and recording of applications - before moving the applicant without means of support into decentralized reception. The stay can also vary according to the flows and the availability of places in the various facilities. As earlier reported, this system provides for the possibility of setting-up temporary facilities to deal with consistent arrivals of applicants - which can exhaust the ordinary capacity. The latter must be identified by the Prefectures, in consultation with the local Authority concerned. However, in case of extreme urgency, it is allowed to use the procedures of direct procurement. 42. Reception is ensured throughout the proceedings before the Territorial Commission up to the Decision by the latter, and, in case of judicial proceedings, up to their outcome. 43. To ensure an adequate reception to unaccompanied minors, specific first reception Centers for relief and immediate protection are directly managed by the Interior Ministry. 44. As earlier indicated, the general reception system (Arts. 8, 9, 11, 14 of Legislative Decree No. 142/15) is divided into several stages: rescue; first, and second reception levels. 45. The preliminary phase of rescue, first reception and identification of foreigners can occur in First Rescue and Assistance Centres (acronym in Italian, CPSA), as established pursuant to Law No. 563/1995 (the so-called Puglia Law) ain the areas most affected by massive inflows. More generally, the reception system for applicants for international protection is divided into: (1) The phase of initial reception. It takes place in facilities provided for by Arts. 9 and 11, namely Government reception Centres for asylum-seekers (where operations of identification, application’s recording, and assessment of the health conditions take place) and emergency accommodations (should governmental Centres accommodation lack, in accordance with the above-mentioned Article 11). In all cases, applicants who have special needs are transferred, on a priority basis, in the SPRAR system; (2) The second level of reception takes place when the applicant who has been identified, has formalized his/her application, has no means of subsistence and is accepted at one of the operating facilities under SPRAR system, in accordance with Article 14. 46. The rescue activities include: comprehensive information, in a language understood by migrants, including about the right to express their will to apply for asylum and their rights, as provided for in Article 8 of Directive 2013/32/EU. 3 We take this opportunity to stress that the reception at CIE is the result of a measure issued by Police Authority, upon confirmation by judicial Authorities. These Centers are solely meant to facilitate identification and definition of the legal status of the migrant concerned. 7

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