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The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 21/2019

May 28, 2019 - Open Migration

The TAR ruling on Riace, the unconstitutional aspects of the Salvini decree, the acquittal of migrants for the “hijacking” of the Diciotti and a question in the aftermath of the European election: what will change for migrants and refugees?

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 19/2019

May 14, 2019 - Open Migration

Italy’s interior minister has announced a new crackdown on solidarity, with fines up to 5,500 euros for every “foreigner” rescued and taken to Italy. Seventy people died in a shipwreck off the coasts of Tunisia.

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 07/2019

February 19, 2019 - Open Migration

Another migrant died in the tent camp in Calabria, after a fire broke out. The Five Star Movement supporters are voting on the Diciotti case. The “new” business of migration.

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 21/2018

June 5, 2018 - Open Migration

Italy’s newly formed government has not yet won a vote of confidence in the Parliament, but its direction is already clear, with a further crackdown on migrant arrivals and immigration. The Parliament in Hungary is about to debate a law that would criminalise NGOs helping asylum seekers. Last, a question arises in France: does a migrant have to do something heroic to be treated as a human being?

The people helping migrants stranded between Serbia and Hungary

June 26, 2017 - Marco Marchese

Subotica, Serbia, is one of those places where though migrants continue to arrive, few manage to continue their journey. There is a wall on the Hungarian border to the north that they try to cross over and over again. On this side of the wall, between the rail tracks and a squalid camp, the only people helping the migrants are volunteers. Here they are creating a network of human relationships to alleviate their suffering, as well as providing them with essential goods. Marco Marchese spent some time with this small and diverse community of people.