COMUNE DI RIACE Village of Hospitality COMUNE DI RIACE Local authority PROTECTION BODIES Associazione Città Futura “G. Puglisi” Cooperativa “Il Girasole” Associazione “Riace a sud di Lampedusa” Cooperativa “Eurocoop Camini” Associazione “Real Riace” Associazione “Riace Accoglie” Settore Politiche Sociali PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS Projects in the Year 2011 Hospitality - Assistance - Protection - Integration SPRAR • Protection System for Asylum Seekers and Refugees Emergenza Nord Africa • Immigrants from North Africa because of North Africa Emergency the wars Landing emergency • Immigrants who are received because of the agreement with the Prefecture Unaccompanied foreign minors • Foreign minors who have a special protection program Integrated • Migrants who have completed the projects of hospitality SPRAR Protection System for Asylum Seekers and Refugees Beneficiaries received in the project in 2011 • Financed places: 15 • Members received: 28 Type of beneficiaries received • Single: 1 • Families: 3 • Single-parent families: 4 Countries of origin • Eritrea, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Somalia, Nigeria Emergenza Nord Africa Immigrants applying for International Protection Associazione Città Futura Associazione Riace a sud di Lampedusa Associazione Riace Accoglie Associazione Real Riace Cooperativa Eurocoop Cooperativa “Il Girasole” Beneficiaries: 20 Beneficiaries: 25 Beneficiaries: 27 Beneficiaries: 9 Beneficiaries: 11 Beneficiaries: 2 Ghana, Nigeria Bangladesh, Benin Costa d’Avorio Somalia Ciad, Libia, Marocco Ghana, Mali Landing Emergency Immigrants who have been received because of the agreement with the Prefecture Periodically, from 1998 until today, refugees arrive on the Ionian coast of Calabria in search of hope. Riace regularly provides immediate hospitality to these people. September 21, 2011 • Date of last landing 68 • People housed as a result of the last landing 119 • Age of Mrs. Adla who arrived with the latest landing; she is the oldest person ever hosted in Riace Kurdistan, Syria, Turkey • Countries of origin of the latest arrivals of refugees Unaccompanied foreign minors 14 • people accommodated Borgo Carmine house • Place of Reception State of origin 1 • Mauritania 4 • Burkina Faso 9 • Côte d'Ivoire Refugees passed in Riace Years Years 1998-2000 2001-2007 • 300 refugees from Kurdistan • For each year, about 1.000 political refugees and/or holders of International Protection Beneficiaries leaving in 2009 Number of beneficiaries Reason for exit 3 Inserting in the territory 7 Inserting out of territory - Voluntary repatriation 2 Leaving without explanation Beneficiaries leaving in 2010 Number of beneficiaries Reason for exit 5 Inserting in the territory 3 Inserting out of territory - Voluntary repatriation 7 Leaving without explanation Beneficiaries leaving in 2011 Number of beneficiaries Reason for exit 15 Inserting in the territory - Inserting out of territory - Voluntary repatriation - Leaving without explanation Beneficiaries integrated Integrated beneficiaries Number of beneficiaries Reason for stay 15 Work grant 13 Work Workshops activated Laboratories have a function of relational exchange, because they allow women with children, refugees or women with International Protection, to spend their time constructively. The activities also promote a greater ease in learning the italian language Initial situation Dramatic problems in their country of origin (social uprooting, torture, neglect, persecution, insecurity) Intermediate situation Moments of relief resulting from keeping the mind and body engaged in constructive activities Final objective Work integration, independence, social integration Weaving handicraft laboratory Knitwear handicraft Laboratory of wood and ethnic statues Ceramics workshop Laboratories Laboratory of the glass Chocolate Laboratory Laboratory of embroidery and dolls with traditional costumes Workshop of artistic glass “Donna Rosa” restaurant Workshops Shop of fair trade Ethnic bazaar Operators in the projects of reception, care, protection and social and work integration of immigrants and/or holders of International Protection Riace Superiore • Associazione Città Futura → 20 • Associazione Real Riace → 7 Riace Marina • Associazione Riace a sud di Lampedusa → 13 • Associazione Riace Accoglie → 9 • Cooperativa Il Girasole → 5 Camini • Cooperativa Eurocoop → 6 Total • 60 operators