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The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 35/2018

September 18, 2018 - Open Migration
What was the price of blocking the Diciotti? How much did escorting Aquarius to Spain cost? As the EU interior minister gather in Vienna to talk security and migration, the Italian Court of Audit has opened an investigation to determine whether public funds were lost.

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The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 34/2018

September 11, 2018 - Open Migration
As six Tunisian fishermen from Zarzis were arrested after rescuing 14 migrants off the coast of Lampedusa, 3 charity workers have been jailed in Greece under charges of espionage and human trafficking. Once again, solidarity in Europe becomes a crime, while the media focus on alleged migrant breakouts from reception centres.

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The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 33/2018

September 4, 2018 - Open Migration
No sign of a truce between warring factions in Libya, as armed groups fight for the control of Tripoli and living conditions for migrants in the country become worse by the hour. Meanwhile, following the Open Arms’ decision to move operations to Spanish waters, there are no NGOs left to rescue migrants in the central Mediterranean.

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The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 32/2018

August 28, 2018 - Open Migration
Only the intervention of the Italian bishops could end the unprecedented standoff over the Coast Guard ship Diciotti, held for a week outside the port of Catania with 150 migrants on board. Meanwhile, Malta rescued 100 people and we learned that escorting the Aquarius to Spain cost more than 200,000 in EU funds. Also: a surge in sea arrivals to Spain, the critical situation on the Balkan route, debates over migrants in Sweden in the lead-up to the general election

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The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 31/2018

August 21, 2018 - Open Migration
While investigations on the alleged connivances between NGOs at sea and traffickers are being dropped one by one for lack of evidence, an Italian Coast Guard ship has been waiting for six days to bring down 177 people rescued on Italian soil, in the shadow of a crash unprecedented institutional.

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The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 30/2018

August 7, 2018 - Open Migration
On August 1, the Aquarius left Marseille with its new equipment, ready to disobey any orders in contrast with the law. But as its rescue missions resume, 1,500 migrants have already lost their lives in the Mediterranean over 2018. Meanwhile, a new research shows the fragmentation of Italy’s public opinion on migrants and refugees.

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The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 29/2018

July 31, 2018 - Open Migration
Over 600 migrants have breached the fence at Ceuta and made it through to Spanish territory. Within the same week, EU institutions were planning new strategies to “prevent deaths at sea” while the Italian Parliament was voting to give new boats to the Libyan Coast Guard. As media coverage on the Mediterranean shrinks, a loud voice rises in Italy to protest anti-migrant policies: the Catholic Church.

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The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 28/2018

July 24, 2018 - Open Migration
In the same week when the Italian Coast Guard is celebrating 153 years of activity, all headlines are dedicated to the Libyan Coast Guard for abandoning migrants at sea after they refused to be sent back to Libya. For two of them - a woman and a child - it was too late, while another woman was saved by a NGO ship. The incident has sparked fresh protests against the decisions of the Italian government, and raised several questions on the management of rescue operations at sea: what facts would we know if it weren’t for the rescuers?

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