Preparatory courses addressed to «special» teachers for training Italian migrants in the early twentieth century

After the initial disregard that the phenomenon of migration received from both the public opinion and the Government, in 1901 was established the General Committee for Migration [Commissariato Generale dell’Emigrazione], which developed a number of interventions aimed at protecting and supporting migrants before their departure, during their journey and upon arrival to each final destination. This contribution will analyze some little-known pages of the migration policy enacted by the Government in Italy in the early twentieth century to support migrants, both via compulsory course addressed to those who were about to expatriate, and via preparatory courses addressed to teachers who were entrusted with the «social support» of migrants.