ARCI Avellino has joined the national mobilisation against the planned migrant detention centre in Castel Volturno, backing the demonstration scheduled for Saturday 24 October 2026 under the slogan "No CPR, né a Castel Volturno né altrove."
The mobilisation is organised as a broad national campaign involving associations, unions, faith communities and migrant-support organisations. The demonstration is scheduled for 24 October at 13:00 in Castel Volturno, in the province of Caserta.
A 120-place facility costing around 43 million euros
At the centre of the protest is a proposal for a 120-place CPR — Centro di Permanenza per i Rimpatri — in Castel Volturno.
Reports describe construction costs of approximately 43 to 43.3 million euros. The figures vary slightly between reports, which may reflect different accounting scopes or rounding. Available sources do not detail future operating costs.
The proposed site is reported to be in the "La Piana" wetland area, with an Invitalia tender valued at more than 43 million euros. The retrieved material does not establish whether the project has received final construction approval or whether work has begun, and the exact procurement status was not checked against an official government or Invitalia document.
Why campaigners oppose it
Campaigners describe CPRs as administrative detention facilities and oppose the Castel Volturno project both in that location and elsewhere, in line with the campaign slogan "No CPR, né qui né altrove."
Rather than a new detention centre, participating organisations call for investment in social security, services, migrant rights, employment, housing, transport, healthcare, education, environmental care and social inclusion. The campaign presents Castel Volturno as a place to support through dignity, rights and public services.
ARCI Avellino: assembly on 10 October
ARCI Avellino is organising a public assembly on 10 October at 17:00 at Avionica, Via Colombo 16h in Avellino.
Participation is expected from associations, migrant communities and local groups. The final route, meeting point and transport arrangements for the 24 October demonstration in Castel Volturno are not fully specified in the available sources.
What is a CPR?
A CPR, Centro di Permanenza per i Rimpatri, is an administrative detention facility for foreign nationals subject to return procedures.
Campaign groups, including those supporting the Castel Volturno mobilisation, distinguish this form of administrative detention from criminal detention and argue that policy should prioritise inclusion, legal pathways, employment, housing and educational services instead.
What the campaign asks for instead
According to the organisations backing the 24 October mobilisation, public resources should be directed toward:
- Social security and accessible public services
- Employment, housing, transport and healthcare
- Education and social inclusion programmes
- Environmental care and remediation
- Protection of migrant rights and legal pathways
The demonstration in Castel Volturno is intended to bring those demands together at national level, with ARCI Avellino among the Irpinia organisations taking part.
