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The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 18/2017

May 9, 2017 - Open Migration

The attacks on humanitarian NGOs saving lives out at sea (and the larger trend of criminalisation of solidarity) are taking attention away from real challenges and responsibilities. Also: letters from Greece, where thousands of asylum seekers are stranded in an inescapable limbo; Poland wants to replicate Hungary’s model of container camps for asylum seekers and Australia is adopting discriminatory policies in its resettlement effort, by according a preference to Christian refugees.

Arrivals by sea in 2016: all the numbers, and a few thoughts

January 31, 2017 - Corallina Lopez Curzi

There has been a lot of talk about a “record number of landings in Italy in 2016”. But what are the exact numbers of arrivals by sea in Italy and in Europe? Here are all the numbers, and a few thoughts.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees & Migration 3/2017

January 24, 2017 - Open Migration

People continue to die at the doors of Europe, out in the cold or in the sea. An investigative report on the refugees’ inflatable rafts (made in China) and a report on walls against Africa. A reflection on the absence of solidarity within the European Union and an example of how Europe wants to criminalise solidarity itself.This and more in our weekly web review.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 49/2016

December 13, 2016 - Open Migration

The Mediterranean route and the thousands who have died in the attempt to get to Italy. The tragic plight of asylum seekers in Greece and Turkey, as a result of mistaken EU policies. Also: the challenges facing relocation programmes and the value of civil society initiatives in finding a response to the crisis.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 48/2016

December 6, 2016 - Open Migration

Record arrivals and more people coming: the situation in Italy registers some good news, but still no permanent solution in sight. This week our web review also looks outside Europe, from the USA - where the upcoming Trump government stirs fears among undocumented migrants - and Asia, with the continuing persecution of the Rohingya people in South-East Asia.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 46/2016

November 22, 2016 - Open Migration

The rising death toll in the Mediterranean, the right of asylum denied (especially in Italy,) and the dreadful prospect of the coming winter for the thousands stranded in refugee camps across Europe. Also: stories on Afghanistan and its “second-class refugees”, the forgotten tragedy of Syria and Donald Trump’s America. Last but not least: why we need a more informed, fact-based debate on forced migrations.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees & Migration 41/2016

October 18, 2016 - Open Migration

Why is the world so afraid of refugees? Are we really living in a new age of walls? This and more in our weekly web-review.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 39/2016

October 4, 2016 - Open Migration

Three years after the tragic shipwreck off the coasts of Lampedusa, when 368 migrants lost their lives, Italy is marking the first National Day in Remembrance of Victims of Immigration. But one memorial day is certainly not enough to address the migrant emergency, and we need to come up with real answers to the humanitarian crisis. Also: the Baobab eviction, leaving hundreds of migrant adrift in Rome; the Hungarian referendum and the future of Europe; the sad plight of refugee children. This (and more) in our weekly web-review.

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