Asylum seekers in Italy face'serious violations of their fundamental rights', says IRC. The NGO International Rescue Committee (IRC) especially denounces the fact that asylum seekers often spend up to eight months in uncertainty due to discrimination in the treatment of their requests.
In 2022, according to the latest available figures, Italian authorities examined 58,478 asylum applications, some of which had been submitted in previous years. Around 158,000 migrants arrived in Italy by sea in 2023, and almost 11,500 since the start of 2024.