The political asylum and civil rights topic, a particularly fashionable one in our country. The discipline regarding the reception and protection of foreigners has changed significantly over the last 10 years, with more and more foreigners seeking protection, especially if they are persecuted in their country of origin.
The current situation is as follows: our territory can receive and grant international protection and political asylum to foreigners persecuted in their country of origin for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. The condition for this to happen is only one: that the foreigner obtains recognition of refugee status.
It follows that it is possible for all foreigners in these conditions, as well as stateless persons (persons without nationality) who long to return to their country of origin, to apply for protection in Italy by submitting a specific request, precisely for the recognition of the status that justifies international protection and political asylum.