Tag: Ucraina ⁄ Open Migration

How the Rule 39 Initiative saved the lives of migrants held on the edges of conflict in Ukraine

August 25, 2022 - Open Migration

Despite the ongoing conflict, migrants have been detained in Ukrainian detention centres at the frontline, as bombs kept falling close to the buildings. Thanks to the Rule 39 Initiative, CILD managed to protect their lives by involving the European Court of Human Rights and obtaining their relocation. The action ensured that eventually some of them were also able to flee the country.

The LGBTI+ community in Ukraine is in the grips of war

April 20, 2022 - Manuela Macario

Martial laws prevent any male person from leaving Ukraine (if they are Ukrainian by nationality). It matters little to officials, in times of war, if it is not biological sex that determines gender identity. We present an in-depth study by Manuela Macario, head of work and marginality in the Arcigay national secretariat.

The Romanian model: grassroots hospitality for Ukrainian refugees

April 20, 2022 - Eleonora Camilli

On the border between Romania and Ukraine, a policy based on regular routes of entry, visa liberalisation and widespread reception is making it possible to avoid the occurrence of a "migration crisis" at the borders of the Union. A report by Eleonora Camilli

Escaping Chernihiv: Iryna’s story

April 7, 2022 - Ilaria Romano

Iryna is 30 years old, a mother of two children aged nine and five, and has temporarily moved to Lviv. She is staying at a friend's house after leaving her hometown in the north of Ukraine, which is only eight kilometers from the Russian border. Chernihiv has been under siege for a month and isolated after an air raid destroyed the bridge over the Desna River, the exit route from the city centre. Ilaria Romano interviewed her for us.

Delays in regularisation are affecting Ukrainian workers

March 30, 2022 - Claudia Torrisi

The promised 2020 regularisation of foreign workers for the domestic and agricultural sectors is proceeding very slowly. Among the requests that have been submitted, about 20,000 involve Ukrainian nationals, placing Ukrainians first in the rankings of applicants by nationality, who now face being unable to leave Italy without their regularisation request being rejected. An article by Claudia Torrisi.

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.

Lviv is a Transit Point to Flee Ukraine

March 8, 2022 - Ilaria Romano

All the refugees fleeing Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Mariupol, Kherson, and other cities assaulted by the Russian Army stream through Lviv, where they wait for hours to board a train to a safe destination. How is the city preparing to help them?