Turin's CIE - International University College of Turin

IV.
There is an urgent need to improve the relationship between the Italian authorities
and the foreign authorities in Italy.
V. Evidence suggests that the military and police personnel inside Turin’s CIE have not
had sufficient training on European and international human rights law, or on
working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities, asylum seekers and
victims of torture and trauma.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
The Giudice di Pace is an institution that has been built to deal with limited smallclaims
matters. It is highly concerning that this forum is being used to decide cases
involving personal freedom and liberty.
In immigration matters where the liberty of a person is at stake, there is no
provision for a merits-based appeal (apello nel merito) of a validation hearing. The
only manner in which a decision made by a Giudice di Pace in a validation hearing
may be challenged is via an appeal to the Corte di Cassazione for judicial review.
However, appellants to this Court generally face significant delays in having their
case heard and time is clearly of the essence for appellants living in immigration
detention.
Turin’s CIE does not contain separate channels for consular visitors, lawyers, family
members and other visitors, leading to a situation plagued with excessive waiting
times and delays.
The Decreto Ministeriale 15 gennaio 2001 is being violated since Turin’s detainees
are not being given the amount of telephone credit that is prescribed by this legally
binding ministerial decree. This is especially egregious since the telephone is
frequently detainees’ only means of accessing the world beyond the CIE and of
keeping in touch with their loved ones.
X. Although there is much to be reformed about the Italian prison system itself, the
overwhelming consensus among CIE detainees who have previously been in Italian
prisons, is that prison is by far a better environment than CIE, which to a large
extent goes to show how reprehensible Turin’s CIE is.
XI.
XII.
XIII.
In order to avoid the possibility of extra CIE detention after jail, if a person is
sentenced to prison and if that person faces a reasonable prospect of deportation,
then the public authority should begin the identification procedure as soon as
possible after criminal detention.
There are insufficient activities and a lack of education and training opportunities
inside Turin’s CIE.
Often migrants are not taken to the CIE that is closest to where their friends and
family reside. This can result in separation from children, family and friends who
live in Italy, and it calls into question Italy’s application of international and
European legal principles on the right to family life and the best interests of the
child.
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