Quick Facts: Italy
Number of Dedicated Immigration Detention Centres: 22 (2012)
Number of Criminal Facilities used for immigration detention: 0 (2012)
Number of Ad Hoc Facilities used for immigration detention: 6 (2012)
Number of Transit Detention Facilities: 6 (2012)
Total estimated immigration detention capacity: -
Total capacity of dedicated facilities: 1,901 (in CIEs only) (2012)
Number of immigration detainees: 7,735 (in CIEs only) (2011)
Number of minors detained: -
Number of asylum seekers detained: -
Maximum length of detention in law: 18 months (2012)
Maximum length of detention in practice: 18 months (2012)
Average length of detention: 150 days (2012)
Number of persons expelled: 6,180 (2011)
Estimated undocumented population: 544,000 (2010)
Number of asylum claims: 34,120 (2011)
Number of international migrants: 4,570,300 (2011)
International migrants as a percentage of total population: 7.5 percent (2011)
Immigration detainees as a percentage of total international migrant population: 0.2 percent (2011)
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Last updated: November 2012
Italy Country Links
Government Agencies
Ministero dell’Interno (Interior Ministry) - Italian
http://www.interno.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/
Interior Ministry - English
http://www.interno.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/temi/immigrazione/english_version/
International Organisations
International Labor Organisation (ILO) – Rome
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/eurpro/rome/
International Organisation for Migration (IOM) – Italy
http://www.iom.int/jahia/Jahia/pid/835
IOM Mission in Italy
http://www.italy.iom.int/index.php?language=eng
UNHCR – Italy
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e48e996
NGOs and Research Institutions
Amnesty International Italia
http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/italy
Associazione per gli Studi Giuridici sull'Immigrazione (The Association for Legal Studies on Immigration)
http://www.asgi.it/home_asgi.php?
Associazione Ricreativa Culturale Italiana (Italian Cultural and Recreational Association)
www.arci.it
Centro Astalli – JRS in Italy
www.centroastalli.it
Consiglio Italiano per i Rifugiati (Italian Council for Refugees)
http://www.cir-onlus.org/
Croce Rossa Italiana (Italian Red Cross)
http://www.cri.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/1
Federazione delle Chiese Evangeliche in Italia (The Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy)
www.fcei.it
Medecins Sans Frontieres (Medici Senza Frontiere) – Italy
http://www.medicisenzafrontiere.it/
Medici per i Diritti Umani (Doctors for Human Rights – Italy)
www.mediciperidirittiumani.org
Media
Corriere della Sera - English
http://www.corriere.it/english/
Corriere della Sera - Italian
La Repubblica - Italian
La Stampa - Italian
