Migrants, a project to help unaccompanied minors in the intricate world of bureaucracy

the ROME - The possession of identity documents, and in particular of the passport, is a critical requirement to ensure the protection and full recognition of the rights of those who have had to leave their home Country in emergency situations, preventing situations of vulnerability and social exclusion.

Never alone . This is the main objective of the project “Pass4You – technical support to the volunteer tutors”, promoted by INTERSOS and ASGI with the support of Save The Children, financed in the framework of the initiative Never Alone – for a tomorrow can that kicked off in October 2019, and that from today until October 2020, with the launch of the second phase, will offer tools, guidance and support to volunteer tutors in the execution of procedures related to the issuance of a passport for unaccompanied Foreign Minors (MSNA).

Decree Salvini . The project was designed to ensure the full protection of minors even in the light of the regulatory changes made by the d.l.113/2018 (c.d. Security decree), which gives it a decisive importance to the obtaining of the passport of the Country of origin, which is one of the fundamental requirements for the conversion of a residence permit for humanitarian reasons into a permit for work, as well as for the issue of the residence permit for study, work or waiting for employment in the unaccompanied alien minor at the age of 18 years.

If the UMMS/neomaggiorenne is not in possession of their own passport, must contact the Consulate/Embassy of his Country of origin to apply. However, the procedures and practices of the different Consulates/Embassies are different, and changing, with regard to the requirements, timing and costs. For this reason, it is important that the guardian, once you have verified the procedures and practices of the Embassy/Consulate of the Country of origin of the child, the media in presenting the request for passport/certificate of nationality, and in obtaining as soon as the required documentation.

the aims of The project are multiple. Among these, to improve the exchange of information with the institutions and facilitate the access to the Embassies and Consulates on the part of the volunteer mentors through the involvement of the’Helpline for Migrant Minors”, Save The Children, free telephone service, multilingual consulting. In addition, the central objective is to facilitate the logistics regarding travel and hospitality in major cities in the headquarters of Embassies and Consulates (Rome, Palermo and Milan), through the creation of tabs containing logistical information aimed at simplifying the achievement of the Embassies, and facilitate the hospitality in the three cities. Fundamental finally, the activity of legal advice by lawyers and operators of the legal members of ASGI to resolve doubts on the practice of the diplomatic of the different Countries and police headquarters in the requests of requirements or in the mode of issuing passports, proof of nationality and travel documents, and on the interpretation, or the references of the legislation and case law Italian in the field in order to allow volunteer mentors to the UMMS/neomaggiorenni to obtain the release of the travel documents.

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