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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 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 34/2018

September 11, 2018 - Open Migration

As six Tunisian fishermen from Zarzis were arrested after rescuing 14 migrants off the coast of Lampedusa, 3 charity workers have been jailed in Greece under charges of espionage and human trafficking. Once again, solidarity in Europe becomes a crime, while the media focus on alleged migrant breakouts from reception centres.

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.

In the hands of the Libyan Coast Guard: pushbacks by proxy

June 28, 2018 - Laura Clarke

In the first five months of the year, over 42 per cent of migrants who departed from Libya for Italy and survived the journey were returned to Libyan shores. This compares to approximately 11 per cent in the same period in 2017. The increase is to be seen in the context of the "pushback by proxy" strategy adopted by Italy through the activities of the Libyan coast guard.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 24/2018

June 26, 2018 - Open Migration

During a week that saw Trump partially backtrack on separating migrant children from their families, tensions are still high in the Mediterranean between the Italian government and the NGOs. With the ports still closed to rescue ships and the Coast Guard announcing it will not carry out rescue operations outside of Italian territorial waters, over 800 people who were fleeing Libya were pushed back.

The new European border between Niger and Libya

May 11, 2018 - Giacomo Zandonini

March 2017 was coming to a close when Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti gathered a number of local leaders from Fezzan, in the southwestern region of Libya, to negotiate a peace agreement in Rome. His goal was to end hostilities between the Toubou, Tuareg, and Awlad Suleiman tribes, and to regain control over the border with Niger, the main entry point for migrants. One year later the invisible line dividing the two countries is still the focus of European attention, but the agreement seems bound to fail and Niger has stopped evacuating migrants from Libya. This is the third and last episode of Giacomo Zandonini’s reportage from Niger.

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