Reception Centres in Italy
Reception Centres
In cases of difficulty, foreign citizens with a regular permit to stay in Italy have the right to contact the reception centres (art. 40 of the Consolidated Act enacting provisions governing immigration and alien status)
• These facilities (or you can say organisations or just centres) temporarily meet the foreign citizens' fundamental needs (accommodation and food), while waiting for integration into the host country's society.
• The reception centres, where possible, also offer some social and cultural services which contribute to the integration of foreign citizens into the Italian society such as learning the Italian language, vocational training, intercultural exchanges with Italian people and healthcare.
• Management and structural requirements of the reception centres are generally defined by each region, as they have the authority to establish agreements with private entities in order to receive any funding.