As you enter the “Vulpitta”
CAS* in the Province of Trapani, it feels a little disturbing knowing
that this was once the “Vulpitta” Temporary Stay Centre (CPT*),
one of the first detention centres for migrants. It was here that, 17
years ago in December, six Tunisian men died in a fire which tore
through the structure after a break out was heavily repressed by the
police. That centre was a trailblazer for many other situations in
which migrants continue to live. The new CAS shares the name of the
old CPT (which then became a Identification and Expulsion Centre,
CIE), as well as its proximity to a group of bars which are gathered
behind the former hospice, which is still closed and falling down.
