Tag: integration ⁄ Open Migration

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 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.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 44/2017

November 7, 2017 - Open Migration

This week, we begin our web-review from the farthest places. First we’ll cover the hell on Manus Island, where Australia detained and then abandoned asylum seekers, and the underreported tragedy of the Rohingya, caught between ethnic cleansing in Myanmar and closing doors in Bangladesh. We then return to the humanitarian disasters near home: the consequences of externalising migration to Libya and the neverending emergency in Calais. Last, we look at the roles art, technology and cities are playing in helping refugees integrate.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 17/2017

May 3, 2017 - Open Migration

What is behind the witch-hunt on the NGOs rescuing lives at sea? Why the attempt to dismantle solidarity through criminalisation in Europe? Also: the heartening stories of the “rebels” in the French valley fighting for the rights to take in migrants, and the successful experiment of humanitarian corridors in Italy. Last: the recurring, dangerous myth of one million African migrants ready to land in Europe…

Cities beyond the welcome: integration, innovation and investment

January 27, 2017 - Marina Petrillo

Cities are fundamental places for refugees and migrants: they are where policies of reception and inclusion are experimented with and put into practice. An international conference in Milan considered the subject through the lens of three fundamental elements: integration, innovation and investment.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 33/2016

August 23, 2016 - Open Migration

"Suspended". It's the destiny of the 854 persons who are detained in the centre of Manus island: the centre is closing but they don't know where they are headed. It's the education of many displaced Syrian children. It's the status of Fadi Mansour, prisoner for more than a year at the Ataturk airport in Istanbul. This week the focus is on the limbo refugees live in.