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The long wait of young unaccompanied migrants in Italy

February 8, 2017 - Giacomo Zandonini

Unaccompanied foreign minors in Italy: the underestimated numbers, the great problem of verifying age, reception centres that don’t work and the subsequent flight from those structures. Some data and considerations as we reflect on a complex phenomenon that needs more adequate responses.

Arrivals by sea in 2016: all the numbers, and a few thoughts

January 31, 2017 - Corallina Lopez Curzi

There has been a lot of talk about a “record number of landings in Italy in 2016”. But what are the exact numbers of arrivals by sea in Italy and in Europe? Here are all the numbers, and a few thoughts.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 2/2017

January 17, 2017 - Open Migration

Thousands of refugees stuck out in the snow in Serbia in appalling conditions thanks to Europe; the stories of foreign minors alone in Italy and the drama of the trafficking of Nigerian women; but also the search for a “ghost boat”, Obama’s strategic and cruel move regarding Cuban asylum-seekers and the need to move the debate on migration forward.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 48/2016

December 6, 2016 - Open Migration

Record arrivals and more people coming: the situation in Italy registers some good news, but still no permanent solution in sight. This week our web review also looks outside Europe, from the USA - where the upcoming Trump government stirs fears among undocumented migrants - and Asia, with the continuing persecution of the Rohingya people in South-East Asia.

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 42/2016

October 27, 2016 - Open Migration

From Calais to Croydon, among the many concerns over the future of unaccompanied minors in the UK.But also: stories of integration through employment and technologies, and some thoughts on why apps are not enough to solve the crisis; the slave market emergency in Libya and the new environmental refugees in China; Canada’s mission to help Syrian refugees and the plight of migrants in Rome.Read this and more in our weekly web review.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 39/2016

October 4, 2016 - Open Migration

Three years after the tragic shipwreck off the coasts of Lampedusa, when 368 migrants lost their lives, Italy is marking the first National Day in Remembrance of Victims of Immigration. But one memorial day is certainly not enough to address the migrant emergency, and we need to come up with real answers to the humanitarian crisis. Also: the Baobab eviction, leaving hundreds of migrant adrift in Rome; the Hungarian referendum and the future of Europe; the sad plight of refugee children. This (and more) in our weekly web-review.

What is going on in Como, the new Italian emergency zone

September 27, 2016 - Andrea Quadroni

The Como San Giovanni railway station is Italy’s new emergency zone. Through images and words, Andrea Quadroni and Emanuele Amighetti tell us about the last outpost before the Swiss border, with the opening of the new temporary immigrant reception centre and the evacuation of the makeshift camp, the unrelenting refoulement of immigrants according to the “Swiss method”, concerns over the treatment of unaccompanied minors and continuing calls for the opening of the borders.

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