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Why Nigerians top the list of ethnicities most often deported from Italy, and how much it costs

November 3, 2017 - Lorenzo Bagnoli e Matteo Civillini

Thousands of Nigerians arrive in Italy through the Mediterranean, but they have always found it difficult to be granted asylum and are now increasingly often the target of expulsion orders. What is behind this spike in deportation towards Nigeria, and what is its price? Read Lorenzo Bagnoli and Matteo Civilini’s report for Irpi (Investigative Reporting Project Italy) below.

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.

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.

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.

Banjul to Biella

June 21, 2017 - César Dezfuli

It was 6:40 in the morning when Malick Jeng, 19, from Gambia, was rescued from a rubber boat in the Mediterranean last summer. He applied for political asylum and he now awaits the outcome in a reception center at the Hotel Colibrì in Biella, a small city in the north of Italy. Meanwhile, the political situation in his country has changed. Spanish photoreporter César Dezfuli followed his story from the rescue to his new, temporary life.

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.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 13/2017

April 4, 2017 - Open Migration

Deaths of migrants at sea have reached record numbers, and certainly not because human rights NGOs are colluding with traffickers, as some have claimed, but because of specific European policies. Also: World Health Day is near, and this year the focus is on mental health; but migrants and refugees have little cause for celebrating, since they are victims of a largely ignored emergency. Finally: the real reasons refugees come to Europe. A pioneering study says that the vast majority of them have experienced terrible violence. On a good note, Italy has finally passed a new law on unaccompanied foreign minors.

How much do you know about the refugee crisis 2016?

March 30, 2017 - Open Migration

Migration phenomena are still affecting Europe, and Italy in particular. The topics of arrivals by sea and asylum seekers are constantly discussed, but how accurately? Here are 10 questions (and a lot of data) to test your knowledge on arrivals and asylum seekers in 2016.

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