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The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 35/2017

September 5, 2017 - Open Migration

Detention in Libya is already a business: revelations from international investigations into Italy’s economic deals with Libyan militias follow speculations on a 6 billion euro aid plan to Libya, announced by the President of the European Parliament Tajani in an interview with Repubblica. Immigration is also a business in Niger, where migrants are being hunted by the military and are seeking other routes through the desert, where they face death by dehydration. Meanwhile, in Rome, tension mounts with no solution in sight…

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 34/2017

August 29, 2017 - Open Migration

Drama unfolds in the Italian capital as Eritrean migrants and refugees, including families with children, are first evicted from an occupied building, then cleared from their makeshift camp in Piazza Indipendenza by law enforcement officers armed with water cannons and batons. What is happening in Rome, and what does it tell us on the collapse of the reception system in Italy? Also: a look at the world’s borders – out at sea, in the desert and elsewhere – to reflect on the immorality of building physical and political walls to keep migrants out of sight and out of mind.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 33/2017

August 22, 2017 - Open Migration

Fewer arrivals by sea in Italy, thanks to the code of conduct for NGOs, says the government – but the real causes are much more complex and have to do with the Libya deal, the abuse of power by the dangerous Libyan Coast Guard and Al Sisi’s Egypt (not to mention sacrificing the search for truth about Giulio Regeni).

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 32/2017

August 16, 2017 - Open Migration

The controversy on the code of conduct for NGOs – which has been dubbed the “code of mass distraction” has kept the public’s attention away from the real issue: Libya. From the suspension of rescue missions to the hell of Libya’s prison, here are some things we really need to talk about.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 31/2017

August 8, 2017 - Open Migration

The raging controversy over the Code of Conduct for NGOs; the investigation into German NGO Jugend Rettet (whose ship Juventa has been seized) over allegations of aiding and abetting illegal immigration; the far-right activist group “Defend Europe” and their anti-migrant ship; the launch of Italy’s naval mission in Libya, in spite of Haftar’s threat. What is going on in our sea?

A fundamental legal guide to rescues at sea

July 19, 2017 - Open Migration

How do search and rescue missions at sea really work? Is saving lives at sea an obligation, and for whom? Why did private vessels had to be involved? Which norms apply at sea, on board in ships and in harbours? The CILD legal guide to solidarity provides the answers.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 28/2017

July 18, 2017 - Open Migration

Deaths in the Mediterranean: the fault lies not with the humanitarian NGOs, but with the failed EU policies, which haven’t stopped smugglers and have only led to more victims. A limbo at the border: the desert between Tunisia and Libya, the closing of the Turkish-Greek route and its consequences on the mental health of refugees, the plight of unwanted Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. A hope for reception: the successful experiment of humanitarian corridors, how to really help refugees at home (your own), and art for integration. All of this and more in our weekly web-review.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 27/2017

July 11, 2017 - Open Migration

Libya as an unlikely, dangerous ally; migrants sent back into a hell beyond the sea (as one recent report dubbed it). Italy’s bluff to close its ports to migrant boats and its “help them at home” policy. The fundamental rights jeopardized by immigrant detention and the misguided attempts to solve humanitarian crises with evictions. Ten essential reads on the price of borders and the failed policies of the EU and others on immigration and asylum.

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