The Naples Stateless Legal Clinic has been working in partnership with the community to advocate
for the local council to remove the extensive amount of rubbish dumped in the camp with no
success to date. Members of the camp spoke with enthusiasm for the work of the staff and students
of the stateless legal clinic, with one informing me that prior to the clinic commencing outreach in
the camp, a number of members of the stateless community had been subjected to a legal scam in
which a person claiming to be a lawyer had visited the camp under the guise of assisting them to
obtain identity documents. After seeking large payments from members of the camp the ‘lawyer’
had disappeared and was unable to be located. Members of the camp were relieved to have the
Naples Stateless Legal Clinic assisting them as they could be trusted and had formed meaningful
and respectful relationships with members of the community.
Key Italian publications and resources of note:
Statelessness Determination in Italy: UNHCR Italy
Italy: Statelessness Index
Union Italiana Apolidi
Unione Italiana Apolidi: the First stateless-led organisation in Italy: Armando Augello Cupi,
European Network on Statelessness (2023)
Formazione clinic-legale II (Stateless legal Clinic, Naples, Rome)
UNHCR Recommendations on the Relevant Aspects of the Protection of Stateless Persons
in Italy (2021)
Roma in Italy: Minority Rights Groups
Inside Italian Gypsy camps: The Guardian (2008)
‘Why do the Italians hate us?’ Dan McDougall, The Guardian (2008)
Italian police clear Roma camp despite EU ruling requesting delay: Angela Giuffrida, The
Guardian (2018)
Statelessness in Italy: Time to Fix a Broken System: Laura Bingham (2013) Open Society
Justice Initiative
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