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The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 26/2018

July 10, 2018 - Open Migration

In the same week the European Parliament voted against the criminalisation of solidarity, and the European Commission denounces repatriations to Libya as contrary to European values and international laws, there are no more rescue NGO ships left in the Central Mediterranean, and migrants’ attempted crossings from Libya are the riskiest since public recording started in 2016.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 20/2018

May 29, 2018 - Open Migration

An attempted escape from the notorious secret camp of Bani Walid left at least 15 dead after local militia opened fire on the detainees. While migrant rescue operations are still underway in the Mediterranean - with more than 2,000 rescued over the last few days - a project involving 13 Italian universities has identified many nameless dead.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 15/2018

April 24, 2018 - Open Migration

The Mediterranean is still a controversial place: new rescue operations have been successfully carried out by SeaWatch, SOS Méditerranée and EUNAVFORMED, the Pro Activa ship Open Arms has been released, while an appeal ruling in Italy confirmed that Jugend Rettet's ship Iuventa remains impounded (despite new evidence that might help clear the German NGO of all charges). Last Thursday, a European initiative called for a ban on the criminalisation of solidarity. Meanwhile, a new Refugees International report details the abuse on migrants detained in Libya, while Austria is threatening to seize refugees' mobile phones and demand cash. The UK has been hit by the scandal of the "Windrush generation", while people in France took to the streets for jobs and for migrants.

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.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 3/2018

January 23, 2018 - Open Migration

Issues of migration and asylum are at the centre of the political debate in Italy as well as Germany. Meanwhile, the Italian Parliament has approved a new military mission in Niger: nothing new under the Sahelian sun, all part of the wider European strategy of border externalisation. Also: whatever happened to Generation Identity’s anti-immigrant ship; how migrants are still dying in Calais or are left to wander on the streets of Paris; what we can learn from the occupation of the City Plaza Hotel in Athens; Trump’s first year on immigration policy; the returns of Rohingya from Bangladesh to Myanmar, and a new algorithm that could help in the resettlement of refugees.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 1/2018

January 9, 2018 - Open Migration

Humanitarian crises, past, present and future: is there no end in sight? Meanwhile, in 2018, there are still border deaths and crimes of solidarity. Also: the persecution against the Rohingya, the limits and consequences of the “reconversion” strategies for people smugglers; migrants enslaved in Libya; the ongoing deportations to Afghanistan, amid concerns for safety; the end of the refugee dream in Germany.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 49/2017

December 12, 2017 - Open Migration

The hell of Libya and the one on Lesbos. The horrors of border deaths and deportations. These tragedies are unfolding right before our eyes, but we are choosing to ignore them. A reflection on the lessons we should learn, and a video to debunk all the myths and false stereotypes on refugees.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 46/2017

November 21, 2017 - Open Migration

Libya: how can we look the other way, in the light of the UN statements and the evidence of a full-blown slave trade, uncovered by a CNN report? Also: death on the high seas and lives lost at the borders; the forgotten tragedy of Manus Island, the genocide of the Rohingya and the unheard voices of North Korean refugees.

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