Rome, June 18, 2012 - Do the identification and deportation centres for immigrants without residence permits (CIEs – Centri di identificazione ed Espulsione) guarantee the respect of the personal dignity and of the fundamental rights of detainees? Fourteen years since the establishment of the CIEs in Italy, which is the relevance and the effectiveness of administrative detention in opposing irregular immigration? A detailed analysis of Ponte Galeria CIE (the largest Italian centre for administrative detention), cannot leave out an overall assessment of the whole CIEs’ system in Italy. The conclusions of this research on Ponte Galeria CIE confirm what pointed out in Medici per i Diritti Umani (MEDU) previous reports: a facility genetically unable to safeguard the dignity and fundamental rights of the persons, besides being costly and ineffective for its stated purposes.
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