Whilst equating refugees to EU citizens, hence reducing the regulatory burden for their enrolment to University, Italian legislation nevertheless leaves Universities very little space for manoeuvre and discretion regarding the necessary documentation for the purpose: documentation that a citizen benefiting from international protection undoubtedly obtains with great difficulty.
However, once the status of "political refugee" in the broadest sense of the term has been attained, Universities can loosen up the timing constrictions for submission of the documentation, allowing students to conditionally begin their university education and helping them in their gradual integration in the city with dedicated cultural, mediation, and housing support.
Politecnico di Torino's "RE-HOME 4 STUDENTS" project operates on two areas of action: the first is dedicated to students waiting for acknowledgement of their refugee status or subsidiary protection (asylum seekers); the second is aimed at supporting students already holding valid permits (refugees) in their enrolment in University and in the administrative procedures to claim benefits from Right to Education interventions.