Tag: Lesvos ⁄ Open Migration

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 12/2019

March 26, 2019 - Open Migration

In the week that saw a new clash on asylum and new investigations into sea rescue NGO, a long-neglected issue came back into the spotlight: citizenship.

Moria: A mental health crisis at Europe’s shores

November 29, 2018 - Marianna Karakoulaki

Thousands of people live in tents, which are separated according to the ethnicity of each group. That is the reality of Moria, a centre for migrants on the island of Lesvos that is notorious for its terrible living conditions for the health problems of the people it hosts. Among the individuals assisted by the International Rescue Committee, 64% suffer from depression, 60% have suicidal thoughts and 29% have tried to kill themselves. Marianna Karakoulaki describes their dreams, hopes and the reality that they are forced to live in.

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 38/2018

October 9, 2018 - Open Migration

Amid the outrage over the investigation that led to the arrest of the mayor of Riace, Mimmo Lucano, who established a model hospitable policy, a ship sailing under Italian flag will be rescuing migrants off the coasts of Libya for the first time as part of operation Mediterranea.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 35/2018

September 18, 2018 - Open Migration

What was the price of blocking the Diciotti? How much did escorting Aquarius to Spain cost? As the EU interior minister gather in Vienna to talk security and migration, the Italian Court of Audit has opened an investigation to determine whether public funds were lost.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 16/2018

May 2, 2018 - Open Migration

The scandal over the Windrush generation - further proof of a “hostile environment” to foreigners - has led the British Interior Minister to resign. Elsewhere, however, things are very different: in France, three volunteers are facing trial for helping migrants cross the borders, while 35 migrants will be tried in Greece for protesting outside the Moria Refugee camp; other migrants were attacked by right-wing extremists on Lesbos. Meanwhile, Libyans are starting to flee their own country due to rising level of violence.

EU-Turkey deal: the burden on refugees in Greece

April 11, 2018 - Marianna Karakoulaki

The statistic success of the EU-Turkey deal in lowering the influx of migrants to Greece also has another face, a far-reaching “crisis of solidarity”: desperate conditions for people blocked in camps on the Egean islands; what has been described as “a mental health emergency”; and the opening or reopening of more dangerous routes. Marianna Karakoulaki, who knows the island camps well and has travelled the Balkan route, takes stock for us from Greece of two years of EU-Turkey deal.