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La fila - Hub via Sammartini, Milano (Foto: Marina Petrillo)

A border within the city: a journey into the Milan hub

November 16, 2016 - Marina Petrillo
Since October 2013, an estimated 107,000 refugees have travelled through Milan. The city has welcomed them with the creation of a network of hundreds of beds, the efforts of many associations and continued donations by citizens. And at the heart of this all is the Milan hub, widely regarded as a model in Europe, mitigating the suffering of tens of thousands while constantly facing a lack of political response to the influx of refugees as well as the consequences of the closing of borders in the Balkans, Switzerland and France. We would like to tell the story of this metaphorical internal border in a four-part report.This is Part 1.

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What will remain of the Calais “Jungle”

October 31, 2016 - Sara Prestianni
The theatrical evacuation of the “Jungle”, the beginning of an outright “migrant hunt”, the right to asylum denied, the fires. Chronicles of history repeating, told in words and images by Sara Prestianni.

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From Iraqi Kurdistan: stories of Syrian and Iraqi women on the run

October 17, 2016 - Sara Manisera
“I’d like to go home, but where is home?” wonder Aya and many other women in Iraq (both Iraqi, internally displaced in their own country, and Syrians, forced to flee their war-torn state).

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What is going on in Como, the new Italian emergency zone

September 27, 2016 - Andrea Quadroni
The Como San Giovanni railway station is Italy’s new emergency zone. Through images and words, Andrea Quadroni and Emanuele Amighetti tell us about the last outpost before the Swiss border, with the opening of the new temporary immigrant reception centre and the evacuation of the makeshift camp, the unrelenting refoulement of immigrants according to the “Swiss method”, concerns over the treatment of unaccompanied minors and continuing calls for the opening of the borders.

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Brexit and beyond: What will the UK out of Europe mean for migration?

August 18, 2016 - Liza Ramrayka
The UK’s decision to leave the EU - popularly known as ‘Brexit’ - surprised many at home, sent shockwaves across Europe and reverberated around the rest of the world. The ensuing weeks and months have been dominated by confusion and uncertainty about what Brexit will actually look like in reality, when it might be implemented and how it will impact on issues such as migration.

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Resettlements in 2015, by submission category

Safe, legal access for asylum-seekers through resettlement programmes and humanitarian corridors

June 30, 2016 - Francesca Romana Genoviva
Every day EUNAVforMed personnel are intercepting boats adrift in the Mediterranean loaded with dozens of migrants who are desperate enough to risk their lives during the crossing. While the flow cannot be stopped, both States and NGOs can try to create an alternate access route to their territories. The international resettlement programme supervised by UNHCR and the humanitarian corridor initiative established in Italy are both steps in the right direction.

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Letters from Lebanon: who is staying in Syria and who is leaving

August 9, 2016 - Sara Manisera
The Lebanese trap: five stories that describe the precarious plight of Syrian refugees in Lebanon waiting to go home or to attempt the journey to Europe. There is no way out: the only legal channel for access is through the humanitarian corridors that have been created by Italian civilian institutions. The alternative is to put one’s life in the hands of smugglers.

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The externalisation of European borders: steps and consequences of a dangerous process

July 12, 2016 - Corallina Lopez Curzi
Sara Prestianni explains the main steps in the externalisation of the European and Italian policies on migration, and its more serious consequences in terms of violations of fundamental human rights.

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