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The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 13/2018

April 11, 2018 - Open Migration

The Catania GIP has dropped the charge of criminal conspiracy against members of ProActiva Open Arms, but the NGO’s ship is still impounded and the case is still ongoing with new developments. Meanwhile, the International Criminal Court has obtained the report by UN Secretary Guterres, which focuses on the allegations of human rights violations against migrants in Libya. We then go to Niger, where the agreement with Italy is at risk, and Bardonecchia, following a police raid in a migrant centre that has ignited controversy over the last few days.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 51/2017

December 27, 2017 - Open Migration

With the holidays in full swing - and our second birthday approaching - we would like to offer you a special edition of our web-review: the best of 2017, chosen by our own very readers! Here are the most clicked articles this year.

From Nigeria to Catania, the path of victims of sex trafficking

November 3, 2017 - Claudia Torrisi

Where they come from, how they travel, how they are treated, how afraid they are, and the degree to which they are willing to disclose the specific links of the trafficking chain. From the latest IOM report to the public prosecutor who is trying to investigate this matter more and more, Claudia Torrisi retraces the route of sex trafficking victims, which often crosses through Catania.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 42/2017

October 24, 2017 - Open Migration

We open this week with good news: the European Parliament backed a courageous proposal to reform the Dublin Regulation, which would mark a “Copernican revolution” in the common European asylum system. Refugees in limbo: from Sicily, where they are targeted by organised crime, to Calais, where the humanitarian emergency is still very much a live a year on from the “final evacuation”, to Serbia, where closed borders are leaving refugees exposed to violence and abuse at the hands of border officers. Finally, we talk about the tragedy of returns to Turkey and Syria, and we conclude with a reflection on how wrong it is to assume that all refugees just want to go home.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 16/2017

April 25, 2017 - Open Migration

The controversy rages on over the NGOs saving lives at sea (while no one discusses the responsibility of Europe looking on), part of a larger trend of criminalising solidarity. The order in Ventimiglia prohibiting the distribution of food to migrants has been revoked following protests by civil society groups. Also: the continuing humanitarian emergency in Calais, Denmark’s reckless deportations to Afghanistan and the costs of EU policies for unaccompanied minors kept apart from their families.

Como, an endless Game of the Goose at the expense of migrants

February 28, 2017 - Andrea Quadroni & Michele Luppi

Extensive checks and detentions in the northern Italian city followed by forced transfers to the Taranto hotspot. No end in sight for this Game of the Goose at the expense of migrants

5 things to know about Italy’s plan for immigration

February 10, 2017 - Corallina Lopez Curzi

Italian Interior Minister Minniti has finally announced the long-awaited and controversial plan on immigration and asylum before the two Commissions for Constitutional Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate. Prime Minister Gentiloni has presented the package to the Council of Ministers with the intention of making it effective by the end of the month. Pending more details, let’s analyse the main points of the plan.