Effettività del diritto all’informazione e accesso al sistema di accoglienza. Questioni aperte e nuovi approdi.

This article examines the role of information as an essential safeguard for the protection of migrants’ rights within both the Italian legal system and the broader supranational framework. It highlights the imperative of employing clear normative language and fostering transparent administrative practices. The analysis delves into the notion of the “application for international protection”, tracing back its legislative and jurisprudential evolution, and identifies the core requirements for ensuring effective information: accessibility, clarity, timeliness, and comprehensiveness. The study underscores that information should be regarded not merely as a procedural formality, but as a substantive guarantee of legal civilization. Recent judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights have reinforced the principle that access to adequate information is a prerequisite for the genuine exercise of the right to asylum. The contribution concludes with an ethical appeal to the State’s responsibility to render legislative texts intelligible and to affirm that no individual shall remain a stranger before the dignity safeguarded by the law.