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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.
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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.
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