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The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 05/2019

February 6, 2019 - Open Migration

After disembarking the rescued migrants, the ship Sea-Watch 3 is still blocked in the port of Catania for “technical verifications”. The ship Diciotti has the Italian government divided over the role played by interior minister Salvini in delaying its docking. A new report on Libya sheds more light on the ambiguities of its Coast Guard and criticises the agreement with Italy.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 42/2018

November 6, 2018 - Open Migration

Led by Chancellor Kurz, Austria has withdrawn from the Global Compact on migrants and it might even take with it other Visegrad countries. As the EU strikes migrant camps in North Africa from its agenda, more and more Italian city are saying no to the Salvini bill.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 41/2018

October 30, 2018 - Open Migration

Inhuman arbitrary detention, self-harm, psychological conditions described as “beyond desperate”, followed by deaths at sea and a lack of rescue missions. Every week we witness to similar tragedies, which are often caused by a policy of blocking migrants from leaving.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 26/2018

July 10, 2018 - Open Migration

In the same week the European Parliament voted against the criminalisation of solidarity, and the European Commission denounces repatriations to Libya as contrary to European values and international laws, there are no more rescue NGO ships left in the Central Mediterranean, and migrants’ attempted crossings from Libya are the riskiest since public recording started in 2016.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 23/2018

June 19, 2018 - Open Migration

The odyssey of the 629 migrants on board the Aquarius has finally ended in Valencia, after nine nights out at sea following the Italian government’s decision to close the country’s ports. The decision was closely followed by the foreign press and even caused a minor diplomatic crisis with France, while all eyes were on the Aquarius. Meanwhile, as the standoff with the NGOs continues, units from the Italian Navy and Coast Guard are left in charge of search and rescue operations at sea.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 8/2018

February 28, 2018 - Open Migration

European border control agency Frontex approves the work of Italy in Libya: the awful conditions in Libyan detention centres are not Italy’s fault. Myths on migration dominate the Italian election campaign. In France, Macron’s proposed crackdown on immigration draws criticism from humanitarian groups and some majority members. Australia is still detaining refugees on Manus Island. Last, a successful integration experiment in Tuscany, and some news from post-Brexit UK.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 20/2017

May 23, 2017 - Open Migration

A large demonstration in Milan calling for fewer walls and more integration. Elsewhere in Italy, the reception system fell in the hands of criminal organisations (see the case of the hosting centre in Isola Capo Rizzuto); in Greece, it is on the verge of collapse following changes in the management of EU funding; in Turkey, we are witnessing a true humanitarian disaster (which Ankara would like to keep a secret) and Poland does not want asylum seekers at all. Finally: how the focus on refugees risks neglecting the internally displaced.