Regional Development Protection Programme for North Africa

ITALIAN VERSION

The goal of the Program is to strengthen the protection of migrants and refugees and improve their living conditions.

The Program is managed by the International Relations Office of the Department for Civil Liberties and Immigration at the Italian Ministry of Interior, with the participation of a Consortium of European member states (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Czech Republic, Spain, and Sweden).

Since 2016, the RDPP has funded 72 projects in Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Tunisia, with a total amount of 101.4 million euros (90 million funded by EU FAMI funds and 11.4 million funded by Italy, Czech Republic, Norway, and Austria).

The main areas of intervention include:

• Registration, determination of refugee status, durable solutions for asylum seekers and refugees.
• Direct assistance, education and protection of migrant’s and refugee’s unaccompanied minors.
• Direct assistance for migrants, refugees, and victims of trafficking, including distribution of food and non food items, medical, psychosocial, and legal assistance, Assisted Voluntary Returns and Reintegration (AVRR), and rehabilitation of accommodation facilities.
• Capacity-building activities to support national governments, NGOs, and civil society with a specific focus on human rights, international protection, and the provision of services for vulnerable migrants, refugees, and victims of trafficking.
• Awareness campaigns on the risks associated with irregular migration and access to international protection.

Dedicated website  Regional Development and Protection Programme for North Africa (RDPP NA)

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