Tag: balkan route ⁄ Open Migration

Al centro della Balkan Route, lontano dal sogno europeo: ecco il Kosovo

July 17, 2019 - Christian Elia

A metà strada tra Berlino e Aleppo, al centro della Balkan Route, ma ancora lontana dai numeri di profughi che passano nei paesi vicini. Siamo in Kosovo dove il ricordo della guerra è ancora vivo, ma sembra non stemperare le diffidenze verso i nuovi migranti e i gruppi etnici minoritari. Tra il timore per il ritorno dei foreign fighters e il sogno dell'Europa, Christian Elia ci fa conoscere lo strano caso della giovane nazione balcanica, dove un terzo della popolazione cerca di abbandonare il paese.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 15/2019

April 16, 2019 - Open Migration

The Alan Kurdi standoff comes to an end as winds of war blow in Libya, displacing thousands of people. Meanwhile, families of the so-called “children’s shipwreck” seek justice in Rome again: on June 10 a judge will decide on the indictment of two Italian officers charged with delaying the intervention of military vessel Libra.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 10/2019

March 12, 2019 - Open Migration

After the video aired on British TV, Italian media are now receiving evidence of the horrors in Libya. Systematic violations of human rights, violence, torture and long detention as punishment for attempting to reach Europe are now documented in pictures and footage.

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 37/2018

October 2, 2018 - Open Migration

The Italian as well as the international press give ample coverage to the new Salvini bill, while a report shows a surge in deaths at sea despite a drop in the number of attempted crossings: 8 migrants lose their lives every day in the Mediterranean.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 32/2018

August 28, 2018 - Open Migration

Only the intervention of the Italian bishops could end the unprecedented standoff over the Coast Guard ship Diciotti, held for a week outside the port of Catania with 150 migrants on board. Meanwhile, Malta rescued 100 people and we learned that escorting the Aquarius to Spain cost more than 200,000 in EU funds. Also: a surge in sea arrivals to Spain, the critical situation on the Balkan route, debates over migrants in Sweden in the lead-up to the general election

EU-Turkey deal: the burden on refugees in Greece

April 11, 2018 - Marianna Karakoulaki

The statistic success of the EU-Turkey deal in lowering the influx of migrants to Greece also has another face, a far-reaching “crisis of solidarity”: desperate conditions for people blocked in camps on the Egean islands; what has been described as “a mental health emergency”; and the opening or reopening of more dangerous routes. Marianna Karakoulaki, who knows the island camps well and has travelled the Balkan route, takes stock for us from Greece of two years of EU-Turkey deal.