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The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 08/2019

February 26, 2019 - Open Migration

The Italian Court of Cassation has ruled that applications for international protection lodged before October 5 2018 must be examined under pre-existing law. Migrants from the ship Diciotti are seeking damages. This week in news on refugees and migrants.

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Led by Chancellor Kurz, Austria has withdrawn from the Global Compact on migrants and it might even take with it other Visegrad countries.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 40/2018

October 23, 2018 - Open Migration

As more than 5,000 people are marching out of Honduras to the USA in search of a better life, returns to Libya have hit an all-time high: for the first time, the number of people intercepted by the Libyan Coast Guard is higher than the number of sea arrivals in Italy from the same country.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 36/2018

September 25, 2018 - Open Migration

Panama has revoked the registration of the ship Aquarius 2, effectively blocking it from rescuing migrants in the Central Mediterranean. The Italian Council of Ministers has approved the immigration bill proposed by interior minister Salvini, which includes a crackdown on humanitarian protection and asylum

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 33/2018

September 4, 2018 - Open Migration

No sign of a truce between warring factions in Libya, as armed groups fight for the control of Tripoli and living conditions for migrants in the country become worse by the hour. Meanwhile, following the Open Arms’ decision to move operations to Spanish waters, there are no NGOs left to rescue migrants in the central Mediterranean.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 43/2017

October 31, 2017 - Open Migration

While there is cause to celebrate the success of the Ero Straniero campaign (with its 85.000 signatures collected to change Italy’s migration policy), the general situation in the country is marked by daily instances of racist violence and abuse, amid the public’s indifference. Also: the hell of detention camps in Libya, the never-ending story of Calais, resignation syndrome in Sweden, refugees in limbo on Manus Island, the genocide of the Rohingya and the deaths of refugees as international crime. Last: an interactive map to learn about the arms trade in Europe and how it affects the “refugee crisis”.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 39/2017

October 3, 2017 - Open Migration

Italy is actually paying Libyan people smugglers to slow down migrants, say the New York Times and the Washington Post. Also: citizenship laws, Germany and refugees after the election, the new Black Sea route (which does not warrant talks of an invasion in Romania), the first resettlements of refugees from the Australian detention islands, the tragedy of the Rohingya and Trump’s policy of fear against immigrants. This and more in our weekly web-review.