Tag: Humanitarian Protection ⁄ Open Migration

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 11/2019

March 19, 2019 - Open Migration

From the fall in asylum applications in Europe to the drop in migrant arrivals in Italy. Next, a boom in rejected humanitarian protection visas and climate change as a driver of migration. This and much more in our weekly web review.

The Italian government has approved a new bill targeting migrants

December 19, 2018 - Claudia Torrisi

Following a vote in the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies has voted into law the bill on security and immigration pushed by interior minister Salvini. Clamping down on asylum rights, abolishing key forms of protection, and extending the detention period in state facilities, the decree also blocks asylum seekers from accessing reception centres designed to combat social exclusion. Read our in-depth analysis by Claudia Torrisi.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 36/2018

September 25, 2018 - Open Migration

Panama has revoked the registration of the ship Aquarius 2, effectively blocking it from rescuing migrants in the Central Mediterranean. The Italian Council of Ministers has approved the immigration bill proposed by interior minister Salvini, which includes a crackdown on humanitarian protection and asylum

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 27/2018

July 17, 2018 - Open Migration

First it was the NGO rescue boats; now it’s military ships finding Italian ports closed to rescue. While the Italian Coast Guard Diciotti was only able to disembark migrants following an intervention by the President, the Guardia di Finanza ship Monte Sperone had to wait till Malta and France were ready to take in some of its passenger load.

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.