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The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 17/2019

April 30, 2019 - Open Migration

The Italian interior minister said on Wednesday that 90,000 irregular migrants have been present in Italy since 2015, and not 500-600,000 as previously estimated. Are these inaccurate figures, or is it a shift in strategy?

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 09/2019

March 5, 2019 - Open Migration

Over 200,000 people marched in the streets in the People First rally, signed by more than 1,200 groups protesting racism and the discriminatory policies by the Italian government.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 04/2019

January 29, 2019 - Open Migration

While 47 migrants await to be allowed to land off the port of Syracuse, the CARA in Castelnuovo di Porto, outside Rome, has been closed, leaving hundreds of people homeless and unable to integrate further.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 03/2019

January 22, 2019 - Open Migration

Over 170 migrants lost their lives in two separate shipwrecks last week, while 100 others who were rescued by the Libyan Coast Guard are being sent back to the country they were fleeing. Meanwhile, in Europe, crackdowns on refugees and migrants are everywhere.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 38/2018

October 9, 2018 - Open Migration

Amid the outrage over the investigation that led to the arrest of the mayor of Riace, Mimmo Lucano, who established a model hospitable policy, a ship sailing under Italian flag will be rescuing migrants off the coasts of Libya for the first time as part of operation Mediterranea.

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 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