Naples, families protest at the former Agip Motel: a City Council chamber is occupied.

Protests erupted in the institutional heart of Naples. Some families who lived in the former Agip Motel occupied a City Council chamber on Via Verdi, even appearing on balconies with banners denouncing their plight following the eviction.

The demonstration took place in the morning, while administrative activities were underway inside the institutional headquarters. The former occupants decided to escalate their protest after learning that their residency registration had been cancelled, a move they claim would have deprived them of a number of fundamental rights.

"The municipality continues to deprive us of our rights, and after evicting us, it also revoked the residency of the former occupants," one of the protesters explained over a megaphone. "Now we can no longer access doctors and healthcare, receive benefits for poverty or disability, or attend school for our children, and we can't even participate in the ERP (Employee Employment Agency) rankings."

The protest comes at a delicate time, as possible solutions for the most vulnerable families are being discussed. "Just as we were discussing taking care of the most vulnerable families with the social housing association, we discovered that our residency status had been revoked," the protester added. "We've effectively become ghosts."

At the heart of the protest is the demand to restore a fundamental right. "Residency is a constitutional right enshrined by the Supreme Court of Cassation, and we will not allow it to be taken away," the protesters reiterated. "We will stay on these balconies until it is returned to us."