{"id":15431,"date":"2024-06-17T16:44:55","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T14:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpegy.org\/?post_type=editions&#038;p=15431"},"modified":"2026-01-24T02:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T00:49:47","slug":"joint-statement-italy-must-review-its-decision-to-classify-egypt-as-a-safe-country-of-origin","status":"publish","type":"editions","link":"https:\/\/rpegy.org\/en\/editions\/joint-statement-italy-must-review-its-decision-to-classify-egypt-as-a-safe-country-of-origin\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Statement: Italy Must Review its Decision to Classify Egypt as a \u201cSafe Country of Origin\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">41 civil society organizations express their deep concern for Italy\u2019s decision to classify the Arab Republic of Egypt as a \u201csafe country of origin\u201d, under Legislative Decree No. 25\/2008, paragraph 2-bis. We urge the Italian government to publicly disclose the criteria followed in their country review of Egypt, and to reconsider the decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On 7th May, 2024, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Interior, and the Justice Ministry issued a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzettaufficiale.it\/eli\/id\/2024\/05\/07\/24A02369\/sg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">decree<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> updating and expanding the list of safe countries of origin for applicants for international protection. The list has now increased from 16 to 22 countries to include Bangladesh, Cameroon, Colombia, Egypt, Peru and Sri Lanka, with very problematic consequences for asylum seekers from countries on the list, a tool that ultimately limits legal safeguards and access to asylum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The inclusion of Egypt among the countries of origin deemed safe by Italy deeply concerns us, as it seriously jeopardizes the possibility for Egyptian asylum seekers to obtain international protection. However, it comes as no surprise in light of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.egyptwide.org\/publication\/report-official-violators\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">activism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Italian state throughout the past decade in strengthening <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.egyptwide.org\/publication\/strategic-complicity\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ties<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between Egypt and the EU through <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poliziadistato.it\/articolo\/18626620db3fbe5a0774142622\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">initiatives<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the field of police cooperation and border management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Italy\u2019s standard international protection procedure affords a set of guarantees to the applicant, including the right to legally remain within the territory until the application is evaluated. Instead, the applications of those coming from \u2018safe countries of origin\u2019, are subjected to accelerated procedures, characterized by strict deadlines both for the territorial commission, which is the competent authority for examining applications for international protection, and for presenting appeals to the judicial authority in case of rejection. In addition, the likelihood increases that the application will be declared manifestly unfounded if the applicant does not invoke &#8220;serious\u201d enough reasons in their particular situation for considering their stay in the country of origin unsafe. In fact, it is reasonable to assume that to declare a country safe, the situation in the said country has been evaluated in such a way that requests of international protection from that country are considered groundless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under Legislative Decree No. 25\/2008 (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parlamento.it\/parlam\/leggi\/deleghe\/08025dl.htm#:~:text=Il%20presente%20decreto%20stabilisce%20le,Art.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D.Lgsl. 25\/2008<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), &#8220;a non-EU state may be considered a safe country of origin if, on the basis of its legal system, the application of the law within a democratic system, and the general political situation, it can be demonstrated that, on a general and consistent basis, there are no acts of persecution, as per art. 7 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.normattiva.it\/uri-res\/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:2007;251\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D.Lgsl. 251\/2007<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, nor torture or other forms of inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment, nor danger due to indiscriminate violence in situations of internal or international armed conflict.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given Egypt&#8217;s appalling <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/location\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/north-africa\/egypt\/report-egypt\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">human rights record<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we believe that the country does not meet these\u00a0 criteria, particularly concerning acts of politically motivated persecution and torture. Rather, the decision to classify it as \u201csafe\u201d leaves several open questions on how the assessment that was undertaken could have led to recognizing Egypt as a safe country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2013, the government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2023\/10\/05\/egypt-submission-un-committee-against-torture\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">breached several obligations<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> under the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Security forces <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2014\/08\/12\/all-according-plan\/raba-massacre-and-mass-killings-protesters-egypt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">executed mass killings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of protesters with complete impunity, while physical abuse such as acts of torture inflicted by the state security forces and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/12\/17\/egypt-collective-punishment-scorpion-prison\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inhumane detention conditions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> amounting to torture remain <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2016\/09\/29\/we-are-tombs\/abuses-egypts-scorpion-prison\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">routine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The authorities continued to carry out executions and hand down death sentences following mass, grossly unfair trials. The authorities have for years <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/documents\/mde12\/033\/2001\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">subjected<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> individuals to torture and ill-treatment based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity. Refugees and asylum seekers are occasionally deported from Egypt to places where there is risk of torture. In addition, in October 2023 a coalition of international and Egyptian NGOs <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/redress.org\/publication\/torture-in-egypt-a-crime-against-humanity\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the UN Committee against Torture that the Egyptian authorities\u2019 use of torture is so widespread and systematic as to amount to a crime against humanity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2023 alone, Egyptian authorities released <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.org\/en\/location\/middle-east-and-north-africa\/north-africa\/egypt\/report-egypt\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">834 political prisoners<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but in the same year they imprisoned 2504 critics or opponents of the government and refused to release 251 detainees, who had received provisional release orders issued by a judge or a prosecutor, or had completed their sentence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The decision to consider Egypt as a \u201csafe country of origin\u201d could have dramatic repercussions on asylum seekers, whose applications would be<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asylumineurope.org\/reports\/country\/italy\/asylum-procedure\/the-safe-country-concepts\/safe-country-origin\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">examined in an accelerated procedure<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the Territorial Commission taking up to 9 days, with a significant risk of rejection of all cases considered manifestly unfounded. Applicants whose claims are found to be manifestly unfounded or rejected under the accelerated procedure (except under a related border procedure) do not have the right to remain in Italy while they appeal. Fast-track examinations are more likely to result in rejection, particularly when the applicant is unable to corroborate their case through adequate evidence, including documentation issued by the country of origin. Egyptian authorities are known to actively seek to compromise political exiles\u2019 chances to be granted international protection abroad by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/ar\/news\/2023\/03\/13\/egypt-dissidents-abroad-denied-identity-documents\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">denying them their right to obtain their documents from Egypt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the absence of embassy staff, particularly concerning identification documents, prison sentence records, and other documents that could support claims for asylum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the expansion of the list of safe countries affects some of the nationalities arriving in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.interno.gov.it\/it\/stampa-e-comunicazione\/dati-e-statistiche\/sbarchi-e-accoglienza-dei-migranti-tutti-i-dati\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">highest numbers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Italy (such as Bangladesh and Egypt), the recognition of these specific countries as safe could be instrumental to the opening of extraterritorial processing centers <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/temi.camera.it\/leg19\/provvedimento\/protocollo-italia-albania-in-materia-migratoria.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Albania<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Meloni\u2019s government recently signed a controversial agreement with Albania for two facilities, effectively <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2024\/02\/01\/italys-dodgy-detention-deal-albania\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">detention centers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to hold migrants and asylum seekers picked up at sea by Italian Coast Guard and military ships. These centers on Albanian territory may be designated for asylum seekers <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.magistraturademocratica.it\/articolo\/nm663b55156f9130-36087610\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from \u201csafe\u201d countries<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of origin channeled into a fast-track determination\u00a0 procedure, as pointed out by judge and human rights expert Silvia Albano.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We urge the Italian Government and the Ministries directly involved in this decision, namely the MFA, the Ministry of Interior, and the Justice Ministry, to disclose and publish the assessments behind the inclusion of Egypt in the list of safe countries, detailing the conditions that allowed for such a decision, as recently requested through the Parliamentary Question <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/documenti.camera.it\/leg19\/resoconti\/assemblea\/html\/sed0293\/leg.19.sed0293.allegato_b.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No. 5-02379<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of May 15th, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We call on the European Commission to assess whether the Italian procedure for designating a \u201csafe country of origin\u201d comports with EU law, including with respect to the criteria and the range of relevant information taken into consideration.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Signature:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Buon Diritto<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AMERA International<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amnesty International Italia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ARCI<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (ASGI)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comitato Pace e Diritti Circondario Imolese<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Committee for Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Comunit\u00e0 Papa Giovanni XXIII<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">coordinamento nazionale comunit\u00e0 d&#8217;accoglienza\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DAWN<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E.L. Foundation\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian Front for Human Rights<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egyptian Human Rights Forum (EHRF)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EgyptWide for Human Rights<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EuroMed Rights<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the Sea to the City<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greek Council for Refugees (GCR)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HIAS Greece<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human Rights Watch<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I Have Rights<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inter Alia<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Rescue Committee Italy<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Service for Human Rights (ISHR)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mediterranea Berlin e.V.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MEDITERRANEA Saving Humans<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middle East Democracy Center (MEDC)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mimetis migration research\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moving Cities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Osservatorio permanente sulle armi leggere &#8211; OPAL<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ReCommon<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refugees in Libya\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE) \u0645\u0646\u0635\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0627\u062c\u0626\u064a\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0645\u0635\u0631<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sinai Foundation For Human Rights\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Station to Station 2 Agosto<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tesserae urban social research<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un Ponte Per ETS<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNIRE (Unione Nazionale dei Rifugiati ed Esuli)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yoga and Sport with Refugees<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>41 civil society organizations express their deep concern for Italy\u2019s decision to classify the Arab Republic of Egypt as a \u201csafe country of origin\u201d, under Legislative Decree No. 25\/2008, paragraph 2-bis. We urge the Italian government to publicly disclose the criteria followed in their country review of Egypt, and to reconsider the decision. 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