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The border crossing deaths at Brenner

August 16, 2017 - Andrea Quadroni & Michele Luppi
After our reports dedicated to Ventimiglia and Como, we close our trilogy on fatal incidents and pushbacks at those Italian locations where migrants cannot cross into other countries: France, Switzerland, and, in this case, Austria, where a general election is scheduled for October 15, the xenophobic far-right is on the rise, and the government is butting heads with Italy and using anti-immigration rhetoric during the campaign. Amid internal memos, shakedowns on trains, and steep mountain passes, Michele Luppi and Andrea Quadroni went to investigate the impact of this all on people’s lives.

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The border crossing deaths in Como

August 10, 2017 - Andrea Quadroni & Michele Luppi
After travelling to Ventimiglia where 12 border deaths were recorded in just a few months, we head back to Como where migrants keep trying to cross the inaccessible border with Switzerland, injuring themselves, or losing their lives on trains, and where both attempts and refoulements have reached substantial numbers.

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What is changing in the Med: five things you must know

July 28, 2017 - Open Migration
If you feel that many new things happened in the week of July 25, 2017 on the subject of of migration and rescues in the Med, it’s probably time to have a summary. A distinction must be made among certified political decisions, retracted announcements, decisions awaiting confirmation and an uncertain overall picture, but it’s definitely possible to sum up the new elements that may change the balance in the Med while affecting the lives of many people.

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The border crossing deaths in Ventimiglia

July 24, 2017 - Andrea Quadroni & Michele Luppi
Only a few months have passed since the closure of the French border at Ventimiglia, but the decision has already caused 12 fatal accidents. Drowned, run over, fallen, and electrocuted, migrants keep dying in their attempts to cross the border or get lost and hurt themselves in dangerous places. This is the first of three reportages by Michele Luppi and Andrea Quadroni about border deaths and includes an interactive map of the places where they have been killed.

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A fundamental legal guide to rescues at sea

July 19, 2017 - Open Migration
How do search and rescue missions at sea really work? Is saving lives at sea an obligation, and for whom? Why did private vessels had to be involved? Which norms apply at sea, on board in ships and in harbours? The CILD legal guide to solidarity provides the answers.

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Reception of migrants in Paris crumbles at Porte de la Chapelle

July 19, 2017 - Eleonora Camilli
France’s policy on migrant reception is becoming manifest in increasingly ambiguous statements by President Emmanuel Macron and Interior Minister Gérard Collomb. Meanwhile, despite a moderate increase in arrivals, the one reception centre established in the suburbs north of Paris by Mayor Anne Hidalgo is not enough, and hundreds of young migrants and asylum seekers are living in the streets around Porte de la Chapelle in terribly precarious conditions. Eleonora Camilli reports.

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What to expect now from asylum policies in the UK

June 26, 2017 - Angelo Boccato
After the general elections have resulted once again in a “hung parliament”, like in 2010, what can we expect from asylum policies in the UK? Angelo Boccato has been looking into data and talking to organizations and refugees.

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The people helping migrants stranded between Serbia and Hungary

June 26, 2017 - Marco Marchese
Subotica, Serbia, is one of those places where though migrants continue to arrive, few manage to continue their journey. There is a wall on the Hungarian border to the north that they try to cross over and over again. On this side of the wall, between the rail tracks and a squalid camp, the only people helping the migrants are volunteers. Here they are creating a network of human relationships to alleviate their suffering, as well as providing them with essential goods. Marco Marchese spent some time with this small and diverse community of people.

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