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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).

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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.

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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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Training the Libyans is not enough to stop migrants

June 7, 2017 - Francesco Floris
On the night of May 23, 2017, the captain of the Iuventa, a ship from the German NGO Jugend Rettet, reported a new attack at sea by a Libyan motorboat: the crew had shot at some boats overloaded with refugees, then brought two of them back towards Libya. Was it the Libyan Coast Guard? How is Italy training them, and to what end? And how many Coast Guards actually exist in Libya? Francesco Floris takes us into the details of training in Libya and its historical precedents.

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