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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?

Medyka and Przemyśl, the last frontier

March 5, 2022 - Ilaria Romano

With Ilaria Romano we travel to the villages of Medyka and Przemyśl, along the Polish-Ukrainian border, to continue our report both on the drama of those fleeing the war, and also on how solidarity is responding to the emergency.

A tragedy within a tragedy: the racial discrimination suffered by non-Ukrainian refugees

March 1, 2022 - Oiza Q. Obasuyi

Since the breakout of war in Ukraine, more than 600,000 people have left the country, and many others are currently attempting to do so. Among these are people - mainly from Africa and South Asia - who are not Ukrainian but who live in Ukraine and who, just like the others, wanted to escape as quickly as possible. However, a growing number of pictures and videos show how unequal their treatment has been.

Rzeszów, Poland’s largest city on the south-eastern border, receives refugees from Ukraine

March 22, 2022 - Ilaria Romano

Since the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the Polish border has already been crossed by several thousand people escaping the violence. Ilaria Romano traveled to Rzeszów, the largest Polish city on the south-eastern border, to tell us how they are getting organised and to collect the first testimonies of those who have finally reached Poland.

The Djokovic Saga: Australia’s cruel immigration policies attract criticism after affecting a wealthy international star

January 28, 2022 - Fabi Fugazza

The Serbian champion's willingness to compete in the Australian Open has clashed with Australian immigration rules - and with the almost divine power of the minister who oversees them. Assisted by the best lawyers and supported by an important slice of public opinion, he had to give up the pursuit of yet another slam title and was expelled from the country. For many others, however, attempting to enter Australia without the right title can mean years of imprisonment and deportation to remote islands. Fabi Fugazza* explains why.

The shameful topicality of the Khlaifia case

November 29, 2021 - Gennaro Santoro

From 30 November to 2 December, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe will convene in order to assess whether Italy has implemented the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)’s compliance requests as expressed in the Khlaifia judgment. Italian Civil Society has been following, and participating in this procedure, as explained by Gennaro Santoro in this contribution.

COP26, climate change and migration: 5 questions with Marta Foresti

November 19, 2021 - Tommaso Fusco

On November 13, the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, known as COP26, ended. Marta Foresti, Director for Europe of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) - one of the most influential global think tanks, based in London, and one that has been dealing with development and inequalities globally since 1960 - has closely followed the work of the conference.

CILD’s new report “Buchi Neri (Black Holes)” reveals the violations of human rights in Italian CPRs

October 27, 2021 - Oiza Q. Obasuyi

A lack of transparency, medical assistance and human rights: these are just some of the issues that have come to light in “Black Holes: detention without charge in Repatriation Centres for Migrants - Centri di Permanenza per i Rimpatri (CPRs)”, the first Report on Italian CPRs produced by CILD (Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights - Coalizione Italiana Libertà e Diritti Civili). An article by Oiza Q. Obasuyi, junior researcher and program assistant at CILD.

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