Within the framework of our work for the reception of migrants and refugees, in 2016 we decided to support the S.T.A.M.P. project in Italy, a mobile helpdesk aimed at migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and transiters in the urban area of Rome. The project provides, free of charge, a number of services and tools to support the transit of those who want to continue their journey or to improve the reception conditions and possibilities of autonomy of those who have decided to stay in Italy, or have been forced to stay there.
S.T.A.M.P. provides three areas of intervention: language guidance and basic information (on transport, offices, documents), legal assistance and health guidance. It also provides a free wi-fi connection area and computers equipped with headsets and microphones for Skype calls.
The project was devised by the 'Resistenze Meticce' network, which has already been active in Rome for years in the bottom-up assistance of migrants and refugees, and follows, like the 'Solidarity Van', the principle of accompanying people in need of assistance.
During 2017, S.T.A.M.P. activists also carried out important work monitoring and documenting violence and rights violations against migrants in the Taranto HotSpot and along the Ventimiglia border.
