The Protection System for Refugees and Unaccompanied Children Migrants (previously, SPRAR) consists of a network of local public bodies involved in reception projects financed by the Ministry for Interior through the National Fund for Asylum Policy and Services.
Only individuals satisfying specific criteria may have access to this system, and to the services it offers which mainly relate to assistance, social inclusion and integration. This restriction is the result of a recent reform, introduced by the Security Decree in 2018.
Specifically, these services are now limited to: 1) beneficiaries of international protection; 2) unaccompanied minor migrants, even when they did not submit an asylum application; 3) foreigners who obtained a residence permit for medical care; 4) beneficiaries of humanitarian protection, until the reception project they took part in has expired.
