Cultural differences as a tool to building bridges and enhancing stories: the point of view of reception in Bologna, Ferrara and Ravenna
Fabio Alba, Giulia M. Foresti
The aim of this article is the presentation of methods, strategies and educational practices applied in the context of Italian migratory-flow management and in particular in the reception of unaccompanied foreign minors.
This system is undeniably complex; nonetheless this work’s purpose is to highlight the risks and opportunities linked to the development of multicultural relations between immigrants and the welcoming country’s representatives. By analysing the experiences of reception centres for unaccompanied minors in the HUB and SPRAR (Sistema di Protezione per Richiedenti Asilo e Rifugiati i.e. Protection System for Asylum Seekers and Refugees) systems in the areas of Bologna, Ferrara and Ravenna, the article describes the potentialities, the weaknesses and the perception of educational personnel operating in a controversial and complicated situation. The implementation of a first and second level reception system represents a solution which greatly safeguards unaccompanied minors. In fact, this more structured system relies on a consolidated network in which institutions and public stakeholders properly collaborate, developing specific competences in a synergic fashion.
Keywords
governance, specific needs, invisibility.
