Swallow Project (2017/2019)

Welcome and integration for asylum and international protection

Law 189/2002 established the “protection system for asylum seekers and refugees” (SPRAR), which is funded from the National Fund for Asylum Policies and Services, which can be accessed by local agencies that provide services for reception asylum seekers and the protection of refugees and foreign recipients of other forms of protection.

As from 2006, the City of Padua is part SPRAR and participates in the national network of care facilities, integration and protection in favor of asylum and international protection with the Swallow Project, co-funded from the National Fund.

For the realization of the project was formed a partnership aimed at coordinating the territorial resources working in this field, who adhere to the following institutions: The Sextant Onlus social cooperative, Co.Ge.S. Company social cooperative, association Peoples Together, Caritas, social cooperative horizons, Ciofs / FP Veneto, Pastoral Care of Migrants of the diocese of Padua, Consortium Corporate Social Regional Delegation Veneto Vides (international volunteer women development education) , Asgi Association for Legal Studies immigration, Corporate Health Authority 16 of Padua.