CCPR/C/114/D/2360/2014 2.7 The author tried without success to find housing and employment and lived in the street with her one-year-old daughter. They slept in railway stations and market places and received food from churches or by begging in the streets. 2.8 Because the author’s situation had become desperate in Italy, on an unspecified date, she travelled to the Netherlands and applied for asylum there. During her stay there, she became pregnant by a man of Somali origin. In September 2009, the author and her daughter were returned to Italy by the Dutch authorities, while her residence permit in Italy was still valid. The author was informed by the Dutch authorities that she would be provided with humanitarian assistance from the Italian authorities upon arrival in Rome. However, upon arrival, she was not provided with any assistance and the airport personnel asked her to leave the airport. Thus, the author, who was pregnant at the time, lived in the street in Rome with her two-year-old daughter. They slept in railway stations or, occasionally in informal settlements with other Somali refugees. At one point, the author took the train to Milan to seek work and housing, without any luck. 2.9 On an unspecified date, the author returned to Sicily with her daughter and requested humanitarian assistance at a CARITAS office. She was given a meal and clothes for her daughter, but was informed that CARITAS could not help her find temporary or permanent housing solutions. The author lived in the streets in Sicily with her daughter, surviving by begging and receiving food from churches. During her pregnancy, the author and her daughter slept in railway stations, or when possible, as guests of other persons of Somali origin. The author did not receive any medical assistance or examinations during her pregnancy, because she was informed that, in order to get an appointment with medical staff, she needed an address. 2.10 When the author was nine months pregnant, a woman of Somali origin offered her shelter in her apartment. When she went into labour, her host called for an ambulance, but when the staff at the emergency call centre heard the address, they refused to send an ambulance to the neighbourhood as many persons of Somali origin were known to live there illegally. The author thus gave birth at home without any professional assistance. The following morning, she went to the hospital to have her newborn examined, but was turned away. After two weeks, the host and the author and her two children were evicted from the apartment. 2.11 Thereafter, the author, a single mother with two small children, lived in the streets or, occasionally, with other persons of Somali origin, whom she didn’t know very well. The author and her children were fully dependent on receiving food from churches or begging. Every day, the author feared that she would be unable to provide food and find a safe shelter for her children at night. 2.12 The author could not afford the fee of €250 to renew her Italian residence permit as she did not have an income. In October 2011, she travelled to Sweden to seek asylum. When she learned that the Swedish authorities planned to return her to Italy, she travelled to Denmark, where she applied for asylum on 25 June 2012. 2.13 On 19 November 2013, the Danish Immigration Service determined that because of her situation in Somalia, the author was in need of subsidiary protection but should be transferred to Italy, as Italy was her first country of asylum. That decision was appealed before the Refugee Appeals Board. On 22 December 2014, the author gave birth to her third child, F. 2.14 On 6 February 2014, the Refugee Appeals Board upheld the decision of the Danish Immigration Service, stating that the author was in need of subsidiary protection but should be returned to Italy in accordance with the principle of first country of asylum (see the Dublin Regulation). 4