What are your rights when you get
protection (SUBSIDIARY, INTERNATIONAL,
HUMANITARIAN):
• Right to work;
• Right to health;
• Right to family reunification: if you have a refugee status, your
family members will obtain permission for family reunification
for the same duration of your residence permit; If you have
received subsidiary protection you must have a minimum
lodging and income;
• Right to "travel document"; if you have obtained refugee
status or if you have received subsidiary protection, you will
obtain the right to "travel certificate";
• Right to education;
• If you have obtained refugee status you have the possibility to
have Italian citizenship after 5 years of continuous residency
or if you have received subsidiary protection after 10 years of
permanent residence in Italy;
• Right to social assistance as any Italian citizen: you can apply
for a social security allowance, a civil disability pension, a
health exemption, a maternity allowance, a family allowance,
and other aids and services that you will be informed about.
• For those who have obtained refugee status, it is possible to
enlarge the refugee status to children and also to marry in
Italy.
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