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The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 02/2019

January 15, 2019 - Open Migration

The ordeal is over for the 49 rescued migrants after two weeks at sea. A new dossier sheds light on the horrors in Libya. The authorities in Barcelona have denied the Open Arms permission to sail and resume its rescue operations.

12 months with Open Migration: 2018 in our in-depth analyses

December 31, 2018 - Open Migration

Crimes of solidarity, migrant pushbacks, a new government, racist attacks, closed ports, a new bill on security immigration and the Global Compact. 2018 was a crucial year for Italy’s migration policies. As we prepare to write about the coming year, here are 12 of our best reads from 2018.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 39/2018

October 16, 2018 - Open Migration

Hidden behind the neutral language of a municipal regulation lies the last discrimination towards foreign citizens. It happened in Lodi, where migrants’ children cannot access the school canteen in absence of proof - with documents from their country of origin - that their parents do not own any assets in their home country. Meanwhile, another hard blow to the Riace model: migrants under SPRAR projects could soon be moved somewhere else.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 32/2018

August 28, 2018 - Open Migration

Only the intervention of the Italian bishops could end the unprecedented standoff over the Coast Guard ship Diciotti, held for a week outside the port of Catania with 150 migrants on board. Meanwhile, Malta rescued 100 people and we learned that escorting the Aquarius to Spain cost more than 200,000 in EU funds. Also: a surge in sea arrivals to Spain, the critical situation on the Balkan route, debates over migrants in Sweden in the lead-up to the general election

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.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 25/2018

July 3, 2018 - Open Migration

More than 160 people have drowned in shipwrecks off the coasts of Libya. This is the first death toll since Libya obtained its own SAR zone. As the NGO ships are denied docking ports, supplies and free circulation, rescue operations at sea are becoming all but impossible.