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The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 39/2017

October 3, 2017 - Open Migration

Italy is actually paying Libyan people smugglers to slow down migrants, say the New York Times and the Washington Post. Also: citizenship laws, Germany and refugees after the election, the new Black Sea route (which does not warrant talks of an invasion in Romania), the first resettlements of refugees from the Australian detention islands, the tragedy of the Rohingya and Trump’s policy of fear against immigrants. This and more in our weekly web-review.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 38/2017

September 26, 2017 - Open Migration

Deaths at sea spike again as migration flows from Libya resume; it is imperative to reflect on the limited successes and high costs of migration policies based on deterrence and border closing, in Europe as well as overseas. Also: the concerns over the Black Sea route and why we need to talk about Myanmar’s ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya and the refugees from North Korea. This and more in our weekly web-review

There is no home – tales from the refugees who used to live on Via Curtatone

September 21, 2017 - Eleonora Camilli

The evacuated building on Via Curtatone in Rome is now protected by a barbed wire fence. The homeless refugees are scattered throughout the city, having left behind many of their possessions. Eleonora Camilli has been with them since day one, through multiple evictions and sit-ins, and has gathered oral testimonies from Mediha, Aster, and Biniam.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 37/2017

September 19, 2017 - Open Migration

The “deal with the devil” in Libya that doesn’t solve anything. Arrivals decreasing – until when? – while the probability of dying at sea gets higher. Closed borders that turn Northern Italy into a desolate waiting room for Europe. The Kafkaesque stories of denied justice in Sicily – from mistaken identities to smugglers becoming scapegoats for traffickers – and the terrible ones of young Nigerian women fallen victim to human trafficking. But also the overlooked genocide of the Rohingyas in Asia and the uncertain future of Daca in the United States. Lastly, a manual for a more informed debate about migration and a political map to understand how German parties – almost on the eve of elections – deal with the question of refugees.

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 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.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 26/2017

July 4, 2017 - Open Migratio

Italy is building walls of laws, denying appeal to asylum seekers and even negotiating the possibility of closing its ports to humanitarian vessels. In Greece, migrants are being detained in hellish conditions. Sweden is reversing course on asylum and stepping up deportations. All of Europe is willing to do anything to stop the flow of migrants, including the legitimisation of Libya as a strategic ally, while ignoring the disastrous humanitarian situation in the country.

What to expect now from asylum policies in the UK

June 26, 2017 - Angelo Boccato

After the general elections have resulted once again in a “hung parliament”, like in 2010, what can we expect from asylum policies in the UK? Angelo Boccato has been looking into data and talking to organizations and refugees.

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