The Ministry of Labor and Social Policies has published the Report on the activities carried out in 2024 by associations and organizations working with migrants registered in the Register provided for by Article 42 of the Unified Immigration Act (Legislative Decree 286/1998).
The Register , maintained by the General Directorate for Migration Policies and the Social and Labor Integration of Migrants of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policies (MLPS), has a First Section dedicated to those carrying out activities to promote the social integration of foreigners and a Second Section dedicated to those implementing assistance and social integration programs for victims of gender-based violence, prostitution, trafficking, child violence and abuse, or serious exploitation.
In 2024, 834 organizations registered in the First Section and 176 in the Second Section carried out activities, a figure stable compared to the previous year.
After several years of growth, 2024 saw a decrease in projects implemented by members of the First Section (3,681, -81 compared to the previous year). Conversely, projects implemented by organizations registered in the Second Section saw an increase of 43 (418 projects implemented in 2024).
Forty-three percent of members of the First Section and 42% of members of the Second Section carried out activities to benefit Ukrainian refugees . Among these, those involved in reception hosted 11,000 people.
Members operate throughout the country, with a more significant presence in the North.
In the First and Second Sections, the most common legal form is the social cooperative , accounting for 47% and 41% respectively.
There is a strong tendency to form networks, and registration with other Third Sector Registers is also very common. Members most often establish partnerships with other members, but also with regions and local authorities. National public funds are the main source of funding for projects in both the First (46% of projects) and Second Sections (84%). The main area of the projects is social assistance, with different declinations between the two sections, considering the different mandates and target audiences. Employment, a crucial lever for integration and achieving autonomy, is the second most important area of activity for projects implemented by the entities in the First Section and fourth for the entities in the Second. In the First Section, educational and sociocultural integration are also relevant, while in the Second Section, legal assistance and healthcare services and activities are particularly important.
The beneficiaries of projects implemented by the registered entities in 2024 are 934,000 for the First Section and 41,000 for the Second. Minors represent 17% of beneficiaries in the First Section, but just over 7% in the Second. Thirty-three percent of beneficiaries in the First Section and 54% in the Second are women. In the Second Section, 7.2% of beneficiaries are transgender people.
Seventy-two percent of beneficiaries in the First Section and 81% in the Second come from a non-EU country. The citizenship mix is diverse, with a predominance of Moroccan nationality in the First Section and Nigerian in the Second. Ukrainian citizenship, which in 2022 was the leading citizenship among non-EU beneficiaries, ranked sixth among the beneficiaries of projects implemented by entities in the First Section in 2024.
The First Section and nearly 3,000 in the Second Section employ 37,000 people , including employees and collaborators, in the project implementation. Volunteers and external experts are also included. Almost all of them are Italian citizens, with a predominance of women.
