The asylum system after the new law 132 of 1 December 2018
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Moreover, today, the objective of widespread reception is called into question by law 132 of 1 December 2018.1 The structure of the new law provides for a radical paradigm shift. If until now, the reception system was divided into phases and based on a territorial decentralization, we are now witnessing an attempt to centralize the system by hitting the network managed by the local authorities of SPRAR (Giovannetti 2019). The new system is no longer divided into phases (as provided for in Legislative Decree 142/2015) but by status. The social inclusion programs, in fact, are reserved exclusively for people with international protection and unaccompanied minors who can use the services of SPRAR, renamed SIPROIMI (Protection System for people with international protection and for unaccompanied foreign minors). The asylum seekers don’t have access to integration services, but only to a first reception and assistance. There is a gap between first reception and social integration. The SPRAR system, which had hardly taken on a central role, at least in the intentions of the legislators, is now reduced (Giovannetti 2019).