The situation in the CIE - a report on the seminar in Altamura

Due to its experience with the detention centers in Milo and Caltanissetta (Sicily), Borderline Sicilia ONLUS participated in a seminar on the situation of foreigners and deportation centers in Altamura in the region Apulia in Italy. Here is the report of the co-ordinator of the project.

Borderline Sicilia partner in the project on CIE (Immigrant Detention Centres)

Title: Regional seminars, round tables; Europeanisation of Asylum and Immigration Rights in Italy, Malta and Spain; Detentions, Detention Centres for Immigrants versus directives of returning illegally staying third-country nationals.

Description: Respecting human rights and fundamental dignity and freedom represents the supreme guarantee of our safety and should also be guaranteed to those who come under the directive of returning illegally staying third-country nationals 2008/115/EC. According to the European Commission, this directive "must fully take into consideration the human rights and the fundamental freedom of the people to whom it is applied".