Welcomed? An intersectional feminist account of the migrant reception system in Italy 

A study of Arci Porco Rosso on the Italian emergency reception centers (CAS) presents the living conditions of women asylum seekers in reception facilities. This case study identifies systemic shortcomings in the reception system and to understand how recent regulations (the ‘Salvini’ and ‘Cutro’ decrees) affect the experiences of those being hosted.

The study highlights how the general dismantling of the reception system and the relocation of many CAS to remote and desolate areas exposes people even more to exploitation and marginalization. Especially persons who have recently arrived in Italy and who live at the intersection of multiple forms of subordination – including gender, race, class, and legal status. 
This report aims to contribute to a reflection on power dynamics, subordination, and exploitation, and on how these are structured, maintained, and reproduced even through parts of the current reception system. 

In the end we ask: what do we really mean today by a “welcoming” and “reception”? 
Read the Full Report by the caseworkers and cultural Mediators from Poro Rosso’s mobile social-legal team here.