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The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 17/2019

April 30, 2019 - Open Migration

The Italian interior minister said on Wednesday that 90,000 irregular migrants have been present in Italy since 2015, and not 500-600,000 as previously estimated. Are these inaccurate figures, or is it a shift in strategy?

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 06/2019

February 12, 2019 - Open Migration

We have written before about border externalisation, and the hidden agendas behind the agreements to stop the flow of migrants. These interests are obvious in the recently published text of the deal between Italy and Niger

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 48/2018

December 18, 2018 - Open Migration

City regulations passed in September excluded migrant children from school canteens; a judge has now ruled that the policy is discriminatory.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 12/2018

March 28, 2018 - Open Migration

The Open Arms, a ship from the NGO Proactiva, has been seized in the port of Pozzallo; three members of the Spanish NGO have been charged with aiding illegal immigration. In France, mountain guide Benoît Duclos is facing 5 years in jail for helping a pregnant woman at altitude of 2,000 metres. The informal settlement on via Vannina in Rome, where many homeless refugees had gathered, has been evacuated again. In Venice, a new protocol between the Courts and the Bar Association is raising concerns.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 50/2017

December 19, 2017 - Open Migration

So much hypocrisy about Libya: European leaders are outraged at the “discovery” of a slave market, while they had known about it for years, which didn’t stop them from striking a deal to stop migrants. Today, a new Amnesty report exposes the responsibilities of Europe in Libya, while Italy is planning to hand sea rescues over to the Libyan Coast Guard. Meanwhile, the EU is split over migrant quotas and migrants are left out in the cold. All this, and more, in our weekly web review.

Forced returns to Sudan, the case against Italy at the ECHR

February 16, 2017 - Corallina Lopez Curzi

Five Sudanese citizens from Darfur – who were among the 48 “irregular migrants" that Italy forcibly returned to al-Bashir’s Sudan on 24th August – have appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Now Italy once again risks being convicted, following its one for forced removals to Libya under Gaddafi. Four things to know about this case and why it is so important.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 34/2016

August 30, 2016 - Open Migration

Asylum seekers helping after the earthquake in Italy, while a reform of the right to asylum is in the works. Old and new borders, from Hungary to Uganda. Climate refugees and information crisis. The future of the Polish community after Brexit. And a reminder that nobody is ever just a refugee.