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The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 20/2018

May 29, 2018 - Open Migration

An attempted escape from the notorious secret camp of Bani Walid left at least 15 dead after local militia opened fire on the detainees. While migrant rescue operations are still underway in the Mediterranean - with more than 2,000 rescued over the last few days - a project involving 13 Italian universities has identified many nameless dead.

The prosecutor’s case against the rescue ship Open Arms

March 29, 2018 - Marina Petrillo, Lorenzo Bagnoli and Claudia Torrisi

The rescue ship Open Arms has been seized after failing to turn over 218 migrants rescued at sea to the Libyan Coast Guard. The ship’s captain, the mission leader, and the director of the Spanish NGO have been accused of criminal conspiracy and aiding illegal immigration by the same prosecutor who had accused NGOs before the seizure of the Iuventa. We are at a critical point in the tug of war between the Italian Ministry of the Interior and those NGOs rescuing migrants out at sea. Here is what the document says, what the prosecution says, and what the NGO says.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 2/2018

January 16, 2018 - Open Migration

Tales of migrants willing to risk their lives for the chance of reaching Europe and a better life, only to find closed doors and inhuman policies. A journey in 10 reads through dangerous routes, no asylum and forced returns.

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 50/2016

December 20, 2016 - Open Migration

Christmas time is near, and a new year is coming. Just before the holidays, as we are about to celebrate our first birthday on December 28, we would like to offer you a special edition of our web-review: the best of 2016 on Open Migration, chosen by our very readers! Here are the 10 most clicked articles this year.

A political laboratory: how Spain closed the borders to refugees

February 29, 2016 - Alessandro Lanni

How many refugees have arrived. How the influx has changed. Who is seeking asylum. Nowadays few thousands of migrants arrive in Spain by sea. Ceuta and Melilla, the militarization of borders and waters, the bilateral agreements with Morocco and other African states are regarded as a successful policy on immigration.

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