{"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":"2022-03-21T14:12:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T14:12:15","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

All children and youth under 18 arriving alone in Italy, without their families or an adult legally responsible for them, have the right to stay in the country and cannot be sent back to their own or another country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you under 18 years old and in Italy alone, without your family? <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UNHCR Italy has developed a specific webpage for you, with information materials in several languages<\/a> on reception and asylum for children and youth under 18 travelling alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you attend school? <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yes. All foreign children in Italy, irrespective of their status, have the right to education regardless of the documents that they have with them. Moreover, all children and adolescents between 6 and 16 years old must go to school in Italy. For more details, see the section on Education<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can you join your family in another European country? <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Yes, you can ask to join your family members living in Europe through a procedure called the \u201cDublin Regulation\u201d. UNHCR and CIDAS have developed specific information materials<\/a> on this, available in 9 languages (Pashto, Tigrinya, Italian, Urdu, Somali, Farsi, English, French, Arabic). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you an adult living in Italy that would like to serve as legal guardian for a child who arrived alone?  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The National Ombudsperson for children and adolescents has developed a specific\u00a0information\u00a0webpage<\/a>\u00a0with all the information you need\u00a0to see whether you qualify and\u00a0what your responsibilities would be as a guardian.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you a professional, working in the child protection system in Italy?  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We have developed operational tools<\/a> to be used in the reception system for unaccompanied children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n