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The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 25/2018

July 3, 2018 - Open Migration

More than 160 people have drowned in shipwrecks off the coasts of Libya. This is the first death toll since Libya obtained its own SAR zone. As the NGO ships are denied docking ports, supplies and free circulation, rescue operations at sea are becoming all but impossible.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 24/2018

June 26, 2018 - Open Migration

During a week that saw Trump partially backtrack on separating migrant children from their families, tensions are still high in the Mediterranean between the Italian government and the NGOs. With the ports still closed to rescue ships and the Coast Guard announcing it will not carry out rescue operations outside of Italian territorial waters, over 800 people who were fleeing Libya were pushed back.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 23/2018

June 19, 2018 - Open Migration

The odyssey of the 629 migrants on board the Aquarius has finally ended in Valencia, after nine nights out at sea following the Italian government’s decision to close the country’s ports. The decision was closely followed by the foreign press and even caused a minor diplomatic crisis with France, while all eyes were on the Aquarius. Meanwhile, as the standoff with the NGOs continues, units from the Italian Navy and Coast Guard are left in charge of search and rescue operations at sea.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 21/2018

June 5, 2018 - Open Migration

Italy’s newly formed government has not yet won a vote of confidence in the Parliament, but its direction is already clear, with a further crackdown on migrant arrivals and immigration. The Parliament in Hungary is about to debate a law that would criminalise NGOs helping asylum seekers. Last, a question arises in France: does a migrant have to do something heroic to be treated as a human being?

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 12/2018

March 28, 2018 - Open Migration

The Open Arms, a ship from the NGO Proactiva, has been seized in the port of Pozzallo; three members of the Spanish NGO have been charged with aiding illegal immigration. In France, mountain guide Benoît Duclos is facing 5 years in jail for helping a pregnant woman at altitude of 2,000 metres. The informal settlement on via Vannina in Rome, where many homeless refugees had gathered, has been evacuated again. In Venice, a new protocol between the Courts and the Bar Association is raising concerns.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 11/2018

March 21, 2018 - Open Migration

Good news from Lampedusa: the island's hotspot has been shut following reports of the migrants' terrible living conditions. The foreign and Italian press have covered extensively the migrants' accounts and have urged to rethink the way we "welcome" refugees. A 22-year-old Eritrean has died of malnutrition on arrival in Pozzallo, while the ship that transported him, the ProActiva Open Arms, carrying over 200 rescued migrants, has been impounded on charges of abetting illegal immigration, after being blocked for over 24 hours off the Libyan coast. In Florence, we have met some members of the Senegalese community in the wake of Idy Diene's murder. Next, more on the collection of migrants' personal data. Last, the dialogue between France and Germany on the Dublin Regulation and the latest news from the UK and the US.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 10/2018

March 13, 2018 - Open Migration

A few hours from the general election, anti-immigrant violence struck again in Italy; 54-year-old Idy Diene, from Senegal, was shot and killed in Florence. From Italy’s first black senator to the fears of the African community – who might face deportation – the foreign press has been covering Italy extensively in the wake of the election. We then look at Libya, where the agreement between Italy and local tribes are at risk, and Syria, with many refugees returning to the war-torn country. Next, the data on migrant women, who were the subject of a statement by UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi on March 8, and the prevalence of “boats and camps” in images of migrants and refugees. Last, deportees on a US flight to Somalia have denounced abuse at the hands of the ICE, and the massive exodus of Venezuelans to Colombia.

The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 9/2018

March 6, 2018 - Open Migration

Italy has just wrapped up its general election and the results are clear: millions have voted for populist, anti-EU and anti-immigrant views. The election campaign was marked by strong anti-immigrant sentiments, culminating in episodes of violence, the latest being the attack on a human rights group in Macerata. We then take a look at the outer borders of Europe, where pushbacks and violations of human rights are still underway, and Libya, where the UNHCR is working to open new humanitarian corridors. Finally, some news from the USA, where the Supreme Court has made two contrasting decisions on immigrants, and post-Brexit UK.

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