The interior ministry on Thursday
appeared to confirm Italy's current system of migrant reception
based on the widespread model whereby migrants and refugees are
accommodated in small reception facilities and integration
projects run by the municipalities, ruling out the creation of
new collective centres accommodating large numbers.
During a meeting on migrants with Civil Protection Minister
Nello Musumeci, National Emergency Commissioner Valerio Valenti
and regional governors, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi also
reportedly said the hotspot system providing initial reception
for migrants and refugees would be expanded.
Earlier this month the government decreed a nationwide state of
emergency on migration in light of a growing influx of arrivals
by sea that has put the national reception system under strain.
Local administrators insist that the existing widespread
reception model based on small integration projects run at
municipal level throughout the country most effectively responds
to protection and integration needs and promotes inclusion.
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