HIGHLIGHTS
Besides observing a seasonal decrease of refugees and migrants arriving by sea, Italy witnessed a 65% drop of sea arrivals over the last month, compared to November 2014.
Arrival trends for November include the steady decrease of Syrians arriving by sea, a slight drop of Sudanese as well as a continuing proportional increase of Nigerian nationals.
In November 43 asylum-seekers were relocated to France, Spain, Germany and Sweden under the EU relocation scheme.
On 24 November MoI established a working group with the objective to draft a Relocation Operational Manual and an information package including a common narrative on relocation for all actors involved in information activities.
On 25 November a draft law establishing a new procedure for the determination of statelessness was presented to the Senate. The drafting has been supported by supported by UNHCR and the Italian Refugee Council, and has been developed in line with relevant UNHCR Guidelines.