About 40 migrants received coronavirus vaccines in Palermo, southern Italy, on Tuesday. This was part of the regional government's effort to make the coronavirus immunization campaign more inclusive.
InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2021/06/04
During Luigi Di Maio s visit to Niger this week, the Italian foreign minister and his Nigerien colleague Hassoumi Massoudou signed a joint declaration, saying they want to strengthen their cooperation on migration issues.
More collaboration on migration issues was one of the topics at the center of talks held by Italian foreign minister Luigi Di Maio during his visit to Niamey, the capital of Niger, on Wednesday (June 2).
The visit to Niger was Di Maio s second visit to sub-Saharan Africa in recent months, after a visit to Mali s Bamako in April. The Italian foreign ministry said in a statement that these visits were part of the framework of priorities that all of Africa has for Italy, as evinced by the special attention that will be devoted to the African continent by the Italian presidency of the G20.
Mohamed* was just 14 years old when he left Somalia, entrusting his life to traffickers in hopes of reaching Europe. In Libya, he was tortured and almost died from tuberculosis. Thanks to a humanitarian corridor, the 17-year-old was able to transfer to Italy and receive medical care.
InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2021/06/03
The Italian Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (ASGI) has created new guidelines for the protection of underage migrants who arrive in Italy without family. Their goal: To help social workers and legal guardians understand the laws and procedures for unaccompanied minors and make sure their rights are respected.
The Italian Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (ASGI) has released a new set of guidelines titled The Protection of Minors Who Arrive in Italy Alone (available in Italian).
Issues addressed in the guidelines include identification and age verification, the conversion of stay permits when minors turn 18, and reception methods.
Gianfranco Costanzo, the health director of the National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty (NIHMP) in Italy, has told ANSA that over 700,000 foreign citizens in the country are currently "invisible" and do not have access to anti-Covid vaccination campaign because they don't have a health insurance card or a fiscal code.