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Report on the identification and deportation centre of Ponte Galeria in Rome

FOREWORD

This report is the outcome of a visit to the identification and deportation centre of Ponte Galeria by a team of Medici per i Diritti Umani (MEDU) on 22 February 2012, followed by interviews and conversations with different stakeholders. They were the director of the institution managing the centre, the health director, some immigrants detained in the centre, lawyers, members of associations and institutions active in the centre. The visit falls within the Program Observatory on health and social assistance to migrant population in CPTA/CIEs’ launched by MEDU in 2004 and in the Campaign LasciateCIEntrare (Open Access Now) which MEDU joined. This was the sixth visit of the MEDU team in the identification and deportation centre in Ponte Galeria. The previous ones date back to 2005 (January, July, October), 2008 (October) and 2010 (October). In 2009 and 2011 the Prefecture (Ministry of Interior) did not grant authorizations. Subsequently to the visits, MEDU published three reports, respectively in 2005, 2009 and 2010. In the centre, the team was guided by a Prefecture representative, the director of the centre and the health director. The team visited the male and female residence areas, the infirmary, the refectories as well as some common areas. They were also allowed to speak and have interviews with some immigrants detained and to take pictures inside the centre.

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