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110. The Special Rapporteur observed that discrimination against migrants was not
addressed directly either in political spheres or by civil society. She therefore urges the
Inter-Ministerial Committee on Human Rights to supplement its work on the national
action plan by implementing the Programme of Action of the World Conference against
Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban.
111. Action is needed in response to the demand for rented accommodation affordable
by lower-income immigrants. Support for local and regional bodies’ efforts to solve the
accommodation problem is needed.
112. Programmes should be adopted for training Italian language teachers for the
classroom. The presence of well-trained cultural mediators in schools is essential,
particularly in relations between school and family.
113. The right of undocumented immigrants to health care with no kind of discretionary
latitude must be effectively implemented. A trans-cultural approach that takes account of
the social and cultural roots of immigrant patients seeking primary care, particularly
paediatric and reproductive health services, should be introduced. Measures should be
considered for reducing abortion rates and the incidence of HIV/AIDS and other sexually
transmitted diseases.
114. The possibility should be studied of extending the article 18 programmes to male
and female victims of trafficking in persons who have been subjected to forced labour,
slavery or similar practices, bondage or organ removal. Foreigners in prison or in CPTAs
should be ensured access to these programmes.
115. Voluntary (i.e. not forcible) return programmes should be developed for
immigrants.
Notes
1
See chapter III, section D below for the terminology used.
2
International Covenant on Social and Political Rights, International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment
or Punishment, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
and Convention on the Rights of the Child.
3
See judgement No. 222 of 8-15 July 2004.
4
See Gazzetta Ufficiale No. 18 of 23 January 2004.
5
The latest decree established special quotas for Albania, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Nigeria,
Moldova, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
6
Nationals of Malta and Cyprus are excluded, since the free circulation of workers is fully valid
for these countries as from their accession.