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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.

12 months with Open Migration: 2018 in our in-depth analyses

December 31, 2018 - Open Migration

Crimes of solidarity, migrant pushbacks, a new government, racist attacks, closed ports, a new bill on security immigration and the Global Compact. 2018 was a crucial year for Italy’s migration policies. As we prepare to write about the coming year, here are 12 of our best reads from 2018.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 35/2018

September 18, 2018 - Open Migration

What was the price of blocking the Diciotti? How much did escorting Aquarius to Spain cost? As the EU interior minister gather in Vienna to talk security and migration, the Italian Court of Audit has opened an investigation to determine whether public funds were lost.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 34/2018

September 11, 2018 - Open Migration

As six Tunisian fishermen from Zarzis were arrested after rescuing 14 migrants off the coast of Lampedusa, 3 charity workers have been jailed in Greece under charges of espionage and human trafficking. Once again, solidarity in Europe becomes a crime, while the media focus on alleged migrant breakouts from reception centres.

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 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

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 31/2018

August 21, 2018 - Open Migration

While investigations on the alleged connivances between NGOs at sea and traffickers are being dropped one by one for lack of evidence, an Italian Coast Guard ship has been waiting for six days to bring down 177 people rescued on Italian soil, in the shadow of a crash unprecedented institutional.