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CILD’s new report “Buchi Neri (Black Holes)” reveals the violations of human rights in Italian CPRs

October 27, 2021 - Oiza Q. Obasuyi

A lack of transparency, medical assistance and human rights: these are just some of the issues that have come to light in “Black Holes: detention without charge in Repatriation Centres for Migrants - Centri di Permanenza per i Rimpatri (CPRs)”, the first Report on Italian CPRs produced by CILD (Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights - Coalizione Italiana Libertà e Diritti Civili). An article by Oiza Q. Obasuyi, junior researcher and program assistant at CILD.

Understanding the “conflicted middle” in Italy

April 13, 2018 - Antonella Napolitano

What we saw in the lead-up to Italy’s election was a polarised debate, with statistics and a flurry of accusations, acts of solidarity criminalised, and complex phenomena oversimplified. This research, supported by The Social Change Initiative in partnership with More in Common, surveyed political debate, public opinion, and reactions from civil society in five countries: Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, and Greece. The research was carried out in Italy by IPSOS, and presented it at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 51/2017

December 27, 2017 - Open Migration

With the holidays in full swing - and our second birthday approaching - we would like to offer you a special edition of our web-review: the best of 2017, chosen by our own very readers! Here are the most clicked articles this year.

Germany’s “conflicted middle”: in order to reach them, we must understand them

October 19, 2017 - Padraic Quirk

A research by Social Change Initiative and Purpose Europe analyzing inclinations and worries about immigration in different sectors of public opinion in Germany.

Why the new Italian law on immigration and asylum is not good news at all

April 28, 2017 - Open Migration

“There are many ways to build a wall: with concrete or with laws.” The words of Lorenzo Trucco, president of the Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (ASGI), illustrate the much-criticised bill on immigration and asylum drafted by ministers Minniti and Orlando, which recently became law. Here is what the new law says and the main criticisms regarding the “legislative wall” it has in turn erected: now migrants officially have fewer rights.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 14/2017

April 11, 2017 - Open Migration

As the Italian government prepares to pass the much-criticised new law about immigration and asylum, migrants are dying in the Mediterranean in unprecedented numbers. Here is how the fundamental rights of asylum seekers are being violated in Italy, Europe and around the world.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 6/2017

February 14, 2017 - Open Migration

Take a trip into the world of walls - in Italy, Britain, Europe, America. The absurd new Italian plan on immigration and asylum; the British decision to not accept unaccompanied foreign minors; European leaders’ myopia in Malta; the many, far too many, points of agreement between the two sides of the Atlantic on refugees and migrants. In short, quite a few things to read this week.

5 things to know about Italy’s plan for immigration

February 10, 2017 - Corallina Lopez Curzi

Italian Interior Minister Minniti has finally announced the long-awaited and controversial plan on immigration and asylum before the two Commissions for Constitutional Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies and of the Senate. Prime Minister Gentiloni has presented the package to the Council of Ministers with the intention of making it effective by the end of the month. Pending more details, let’s analyse the main points of the plan.

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