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- The identification operations must take place only under the circumstances and
within the terms provided for by relevant legislation and Regulation (EU) No. 603/2013,
concerning the establishment of the “Eurodac” system.
- Moreover, during identification operations, Police forces may be supported by
EASO, Frontex, Europol and Eurojust representatives.
47.
The listed forms of reception do not result in any kind of coercive measure
restricting personal liberty. In the Centres (Article 10 of Legislative Decree No. 142),
respect is ensured for: privacy; gender- and age-related needs; health-care protection;
family unity; worship; in addition to ad hoc measures for people with special needs. It is
guaranteed the right to communicate with the UNHCR, and refugee protection bodies,
lawyers, family members, and so forth. Furthermore, the staff of the Centers must ensure
data confidentiality and respect for privacy.
- When getting out of the Centers for a period longer than the ordinary one, existing
must be justified and authorized by the competent Prefect.
- The unjustified departure from government Centers triggers the withdrawal of
reception measures and impacts on the application-related procedure, which will be
suspended.
48.
Article 17 identifies, in accordance with the relevant European Directive, the
categories of vulnerable people who may need special assistance measures: minors;
unaccompanied minors; persons with disabilities; the elderly; pregnant women; single
parents with children; victims of trafficking in human beings (THB); people suffering from
serious illness or mental disorders; people ascertained to have been subjected to torture,
rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical or sexual violence; and victims of
female genital mutilation (FGM). For these categories, there are special reception services
at governmental Centers and under the territorial reception system. Article 29, paragraph 3,
of Legislative Decree No. 18/2014, implementing Directive 2011/95/EU on “Standards for
third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection (...),
as well as on the content of the protection granted”, states that the national Working Group
for coordination drafts every two years a "national Plan which identifies lines of action to
achieve the effective integration of beneficiaries of international protection, with specific
regard to socio-labour inclusion (...), access to social and health-care, housing, language
teaching and education, as well as fight against discrimination”.
49.
The Technical Group of the National Coordination Committee has developed an
annotated index of the National Plan, which starts from the analysis of the various needs of
the individual in order to plan individualised integrated pathways.
50.
The definition of an integrated care model also reflects the existing integrated
system of services, aimed to avoid both fragmentation of the expenses and duplication of
efforts - besides maximizing effectiveness.
51.
Within the Operational Program of the Asylum Migration and Integration Fund,
2014-2020, and based on the results of the inter-institutional consultation process, the
following priority areas have been identified: language courses; education; support for
employment; integration; social and intercultural mediation; information; capacity-building;
fight against discrimination.
Unaccompanied minors (UAMs)
52.
Articles 18 and 19 of Legislative Decree No. 142/2015 are devoted to the reception
of unaccompanied minors. Following changes made to the 2015 Stability Law, primarily
the transfer of the Fund for the reception of unaccompanied foreign minors to the Interior
Ministry, Italy has moved towards a unified reception system, aimed to overcome the
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