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Banjul to Biella

June 21, 2017 - César Dezfuli

It was 6:40 in the morning when Malick Jeng, 19, from Gambia, was rescued from a rubber boat in the Mediterranean last summer. He applied for political asylum and he now awaits the outcome in a reception center at the Hotel Colibrì in Biella, a small city in the north of Italy. Meanwhile, the political situation in his country has changed. Spanish photoreporter César Dezfuli followed his story from the rescue to his new, temporary life.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 21/2017

May 30, 2017 - Open Migration

As politicians and the media keep discussing the baseless accusations against the NGOs in the Mediterranean, no one seems willing to talk about what is happening in Libya, between prisons for migrants and a Coast Guard that turns rescue missions into deportations (by shooting out at sea).

How the humanitarian Ngos operate at sea

May 22, 2017 - Giacomo Zandonini

Hours and days of searching, run-ins with coast guards and people smugglers, overloaded wooden ships: increasingly frequent in the media, it’s all part of an ancient history of fleeing wars, dictatorships and poverty. But acts of solidarity are also part of this story - the very lifeblood of a fragmented Europe that now is clashing (as it has in the past) with state reasons and its willingness to build barriers, and that gives us a glimpse into where the roots of the funding of many Ngos are. What follows is an historical overlook with some essential data to understand some of the controversies of the last few months.

Accusations against Ngos at sea: what is false or misleading in that smear campaign

May 19, 2017 - Francesco Floris and Lorenzo Bagnoli

“Too smart for their own good” (Matteo Renzi). “Taxi cabs for migrants” (Luigi Di Maio). Northern League secretary Matteo Salvini said there was a “secret service dossier” on them. Their chief accuser is Catania’s prosecutor Carmelo Zuccaro, according to whom their intervention “renders investigations into facilitators of criminal organisations useless.” After weeks of hearings, though, the defense commission in the Italian Parliament has cleared them of all suspicions. But who are they? Humanitarian Ngos, carrying out search and rescue operations in the waters between Sicily and Libya, are the target of a relentless smear campaign. The European border control agency Frontex has designated them the main “pull factor” for the rising number of migrant boats (and deaths) in the Mediterranean. How much truth, and how much untruth, is there in such accusations?

Banjul to Biella

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 21/2017

How the humanitarian Ngos operate at sea

Accusations against Ngos at sea: what is false or misleading in that smear campaign

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