Tag: migration ⁄ Open Migration

Climate change and mobility: the case of Somalia

July 20, 2023 - Oiza Q. Obasuyi

Climate change is at the root of the many factors that push people to move. Among the most affected countries is Somalia, which besides being battered by internal conflicts, is particularly affected by environmental disasters ranging from floods to droughts, adding to food insecurity. In research by the HummingBird project conducted by Rahman Momeni, Tuba Bircan and Robert King, factors contributing to Somalia's climate mobility were analysed.

Undocumented and vulnerable: the reality of migrant women in Europe

March 29, 2023 - Oiza Q. Obasuyi

Undocumented migrant women are one of the most vulnerable groups in Europe in every socio-economic group and labour sector. Using Malta, Ireland, and Poland as case studies, Frohar Poya, a researcher and outreach lead at the European Network of Migrant Women, describes the impact that the post-COVID-19 period has had on migrant women workers. In this article, Oiza Q. Obasuyi delves into the research conducted by Ms Poya.

Why the ruling on the shipwreck of children may prevent future massacres at sea

March 14, 2023 - Tommaso Fusco

Almost 10 years after the day of the shipwreck, the ruling that the defendants are statute-barred is issued. However, the ruling also confirms the responsibility of the Italian Coast Guard and Navy for the shipwreck of 268 people, of which 60 were children. Below we present our interview with Arturo Salerni, one of the lawyers for the victims who had joined the civil proceedings, to understand how to interpret the ruling and what we can expect in the future.

Tracking hate speech in Europe. A new study shows how tweets reflect public opinion on immigration

June 9, 2022 - Oiza Q. Obasuyi

Hate speech constitutes one of the most serious threats to coexistence in the European Union. Based on this premise, researchers from the University of Salamanca - Carlos Arcila-Calderòn, Patricia Sànchez-Holgado, Cristina Quintana-Moreno, Javier-J. Amores and David Blanco-Herrero - have shown that the presence of xenophobic messages on social media can be used to predict public opinion and citizen attitudes of social acceptance towards immigrants in Europe. We spoke about it with David Blanco-Herrero.

17 billion euros from the EU for refugee reception (but uncertainty prevails on relocation and quotas)

March 29, 2022 - Paolo Riva

These funds will go towards supporting the reception of over 3.8 million refugees who arrived in the European Union between February 24 and March 28. While the number of arrivals has stabilised at around 40,000 people a day, uncertainty remains around quotas and relocations.

The shameful topicality of the Khlaifia case

November 29, 2021 - Gennaro Santoro

From 30 November to 2 December, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe will convene in order to assess whether Italy has implemented the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)’s compliance requests as expressed in the Khlaifia judgment. Italian Civil Society has been following, and participating in this procedure, as explained by Gennaro Santoro in this contribution.

COP26, climate change and migration: 5 questions with Marta Foresti

November 19, 2021 - Tommaso Fusco

On November 13, the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, known as COP26, ended. Marta Foresti, Director for Europe of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) - one of the most influential global think tanks, based in London, and one that has been dealing with development and inequalities globally since 1960 - has closely followed the work of the conference.