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Residence permit for unaccompanied foreign minor

ItalyHumanitarian protection

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What exactly is this: asylum, temporary protection, humanitarian admission, resettlement or another protection mechanism?

Not asylum as such: a residence permit for minor age (permesso per minore età), which a person under 18 can always receive.

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  • Source is the Ministry of the Interior practical guide for international protection applicants; it describes the minor-age permit within that context.

Which population, circumstances or geographic group does the mechanism cover?

Persons under 18 who are in Italy without reference family members; the permit is issued solely because the person is under 18 and lasts until adulthood.

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  • Source is the Ministry of the Interior practical guide for international protection applicants; it describes the minor-age permit within that context.

Where can protection be requested, and is this a direct application, border/in-country request, referral or other process?

In Italy, at the Questura; if an international protection claim is rejected, the Territorial Commission can also flag the case so the minor may obtain a minor-age permit.

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  • Source is the Ministry of the Interior practical guide for international protection applicants; it describes the minor-age permit within that context.

What happens after the request: registration, family handling, major support and rights where officially stated?

Unaccompanied minors are placed in a dedicated centre for minors; only if none is available and the minor is at least sixteen may they be hosted for up to 150 days in a minors' section of an adult facility. A judge appoints a guardian ('tutore') who supports the minor, including in the protection procedure, and a minor with family legally resident in another EU state may ask to join them.

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  • Source is the Ministry of the Interior practical guide for international protection applicants; it describes the minor-age permit within that context.

Which competent authority, UN body or official assistance channel should the person use?

Unaccompanied minors should inform the Police and the reception-centre staff immediately to obtain the special safeguards for unaccompanied minors.

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  • Source is the Ministry of the Interior practical guide for international protection applicants; it describes the minor-age permit within that context.
  • No fraud/scam warning stated.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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