The Implementation of the Right to Asylum in Italy

The issue of asylum has a variety of interesting aspects, both from an international and from a national perspective. The right to asylum is enshrined in the Italian Constitution. However, its implementation has not been easy for a number of reasons. In particular, the identification of the applicable law and the interpretation of the purpose of relevant legal provisions have not always been easy tasks. However analysis of the national experience allows for the development of some reflections on the scope of this institution, as it emerges from the interaction of the multiple legal sources that are today mutually involved in its functioning and are thus contributing to reshape it.