Abstract: The purpose of this article is to present the commitment of Italy, in particular of the Salesians, to activities undertaken for the benefit of unaccompanied foreign minors in host communities. The author used an analytical method. The article has the following structure: in the theoretical part, the author describes the phenomenon of migration in Italy based on wide references to statistical data, the commitment of the Catholic Church and Salesians to the work for the benefit of foreign minors without parental care. Next, the author tries to clarify the notion and the legal framework concerning foreign minors. In the second part, dedicated to the survey, the author presents some methodological aspects of empirical research and then discusses the results obtained through an analysis of the Internet sources. The research has been based on the websites dedicated to the Salesian work with foreign minors without parental care in Italy.