Reception Centre in Italy
Reception Centres
Foreign citizens with regular permit to stay in Italy has the right to contact, in case of difficulty, the reception centres (art. 40 of the Consolidated Act enacting provisions governing immigration and alien status)
• These structures temporarily meet the foreign citizen fundamental needs (accommodation and food), waiting for a self-insertion into the host society.
• The reception centres, where possible, also offer some social and cultural services which contribute to the integration of foreign citizens in the italian society such as learning the italian language, vocational training, intercultural exchange with Italian people and health-care.
• Management and structural requirements of the reception centres are generally defined by reference Region, which has the authority to establish agreements with private entities in order to receive any funding.