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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.

Brexit and beyond: What will the UK out of Europe mean for migration?

August 18, 2016 - Liza Ramrayka

The UK’s decision to leave the EU - popularly known as ‘Brexit’ - surprised many at home, sent shockwaves across Europe and reverberated around the rest of the world. The ensuing weeks and months have been dominated by confusion and uncertainty about what Brexit will actually look like in reality, when it might be implemented and how it will impact on issues such as migration.

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

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

The shameful topicality of the Khlaifia case

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

Brexit and beyond: What will the UK out of Europe mean for migration?

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