IN ITALY AND IN EUROPE YOUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS ARE:
not to be returned to a countrywhere you might be victim of persecutions and discriminations;
to stay in Italy (and therefore not to be expelled) if you are part of “vulnerable groups” (minors, pregnant women, people with disabilities, victims of severe psychological, physical or sexual violences, victims of human trafficking, or if you are a parent of a child younger than six months);
to have free access to basic medical careand a complete health screening; women, minors and people with physical and/or mental
disabilities are entitled to special and free assistance;
in reception centres to have food and waterat least three times a day and to be housed in places that are adequately equipped and not overcrowded;
to receive essential informationin a language that you understand on: your rights, how to apply for asylum, updates about your application and details about the centre and the area where you are staying;
to have a written copy of all important documentsyou receive, to understand what is written in these documents and to refuse to sign documents that you can’t understand;
to contact, by phone or internet, your relatives and friends in your home country or in Italy and Europe and to meet a cultural and linguistic mediator.
