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The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 1/2017

January 10, 2017 - Open Migration

What can we expect with regard to forced migrations in 2017? In the first web-review of the new year we look back at what happened in 2016 and attempt some forecasts for 2017.

A border within the city: a journey into the Milan hub /4

December 16, 2016 - Marina Petrillo

Since October 2013, an estimated 114,000 refugees have travelled through Milan. The city has welcomed them with the creation of a network of hundreds of beds, the efforts of many associations and continued donations by citizens. And at the heart of this all is the Milan hub, now in its fourth incarnation, widely regarded as a model in Europe, mitigating the suffering of tens of thousands while constantly facing a lack of national political response to the influx of refugees as well as the consequences of the closing of borders in the Balkans, Switzerland and France. We have been telling the story of this metaphorical internal border in an immersive report. This is the fourth and final part, where the protagonists look at their future.

A border within the city: a journey into the Milan hub /3

December 16, 2016 - Marina Petrillo

Since October 2013, an estimated 107,000 refugees have travelled through Milan. The city has welcomed them with the creation of a network of hundreds of beds, the efforts of many associations and continued donations by citizens. And at the heart of this all is the Milan hub, widely regarded as a model in Europe, mitigating the suffering of tens of thousands while constantly facing a lack of political response to the influx of refugees as well as the consequences of the closing of borders in the Balkans, Switzerland and France. We have been telling the story of this metaphorical internal border in a four-part report.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 46/2016

November 22, 2016 - Open Migration

The rising death toll in the Mediterranean, the right of asylum denied (especially in Italy,) and the dreadful prospect of the coming winter for the thousands stranded in refugee camps across Europe. Also: stories on Afghanistan and its “second-class refugees”, the forgotten tragedy of Syria and Donald Trump’s America. Last but not least: why we need a more informed, fact-based debate on forced migrations.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 45/2016

November 15, 2016 - Open Migration

Trump’s new America and the concerns over the future of refugees and migrants. The ongoing humanitarian emergency in Europe, amid the deaths at sea and the evacuations (in Rome as well as in Paris). A journey from the New World to the Old one in ten essential reads.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 44/2016

November 8, 2016 - Open Migration

The consequences of European policies on migrations; the record number of deaths in the Mediterranean and the living hell of hotspots in Italy. Also: after the evacuation in Calais; repatriation of Afghans, the second-class refugees; Australia’s plans to punish migrants. Last: how the US presidential election will affect the global refugee crisis.

What will remain of the Calais “Jungle”

October 31, 2016 - Sara Prestianni

The theatrical evacuation of the “Jungle”, the beginning of an outright “migrant hunt”, the right to asylum denied, the fires. Chronicles of history repeating, told in words and images by Sara Prestianni.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 43/2016

November 2, 2016 - Open Migration

The horror that we don’t want to face, the future after Calais, the limbo of migrants turned down for asylum and the anti-refugee laws that increase the risk of terrorism. But also: the humanitarian corridor model, openness in Canada, Uganda’s policy of solidarity and the story of the migrants’ doctor in Lampedusa.

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