{"id":166,"date":"2021-12-28T10:24:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T10:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/?page_id=166"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:32:42","slug":"youth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/asylum-italy\/youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Children and youth under 18"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All children and youth under 18&nbsp;arriving alone in Italy, without their families or&nbsp;an adult legally responsible for them, have the right to stay in the country and cannot be&nbsp;sent&nbsp;back to their own or another country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Are you\u00a0under 18 years old and in Italy alone, without your family?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>UNHCR Italy has developed a\u00a0video\u00a0for you,\u00a0with\u00a0information on\u00a0reception and asylum for children and youth under 18\u00a0travelling\u00a0alone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ENG: A Guide for Unaccompanied Children in Italy. International Protection: how it works\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X77kh61phE4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2026\/07\/Education-under-18.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2424\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4949404092646728;width:250px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2026\/07\/Education-under-18.png 737w, https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2026\/07\/Education-under-18-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Can you&nbsp;attend school?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Yes.\u00a0All foreign children\u00a0in Italy, irrespective of their status, have the right to education regardless of the documents that they have with them.\u00a0All\u00a0children and adolescents between 6 and 16 years old\u00a0must go to\u00a0school\u00a0in Italy.\u00a0For more details, <a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/asylum-italy\/education\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"161\">see\u00a0the section on\u00a0Education<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Can you\u00a0join your family in another European country?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, you can request to join your family members living in Europe, according to a procedure established by European law called the Regulation on Asylum and Migration Management. For more information, you can visit the dedicated page, contact the staff at your reception facility, your guardian, or contact the <strong>Helpline for Asylum Seekers and Refugees<\/strong>, managed by ARCI in partnership with UNHCR, at the following contacts: \ud83d\udcde <strong>800 905 570<\/strong> or \ud83d\udcde <strong>+39 3511376335<\/strong> for <strong>Lycamobile\/Whatsapp<\/strong> users, email <a href=\"mailto:numeroverderifugiati@arci.it\">numeroverderifugiati@arci.it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2026\/07\/Family-Unity.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2430\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.8650582129330902;width:343px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2026\/07\/Family-Unity.png 746w, https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/85\/2026\/07\/Family-Unity-300x161.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Are you&nbsp;an adult living in Italy&nbsp;that&nbsp;would like to&nbsp;serve as&nbsp;legal guardian for a child&nbsp;who&nbsp;arrived&nbsp;alone?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Ombudsperson for children and adolescents has developed a specific&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.garanteinfanzia.org\/come-diventare-tutore-volontario-0\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.garanteinfanzia.org\/come-diventare-tutore-volontario-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">information&nbsp;webpage<\/a>&nbsp;with all the information you need&nbsp;to see whether you qualify and&nbsp;what your responsibilities would be as a guardian.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Are you a professional,&nbsp;working in the child protection system in Italy?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We have developed&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/it\/cosa-facciamo\/protezione\/bambini-e-giovani\/accoglienza\/\" target=\"_blank\">operational tools<\/a>&nbsp;to be used in the reception system for unaccompanied children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All children and youth under 18&nbsp;arriving alone in Italy, without their families or&nbsp;an adult legally responsible for them, have the right to stay in the country and cannot be&nbsp;sent&nbsp;back to their own or another country.&nbsp; Are you\u00a0under 18 years old and in Italy alone, without your family?\u00a0 UNHCR Italy has developed a\u00a0video\u00a0for you,\u00a0with\u00a0information on\u00a0reception and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":131,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-166","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166\/revisions\/2515"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/italy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}