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The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 27/2018

July 17, 2018 - Open Migration
First it was the NGO rescue boats; now it’s military ships finding Italian ports closed to rescue. While the Italian Coast Guard Diciotti was only able to disembark migrants following an intervention by the President, the Guardia di Finanza ship Monte Sperone had to wait till Malta and France were ready to take in some of its passenger load.

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The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 26/2018

July 10, 2018 - Open Migration
In the same week the European Parliament voted against the criminalisation of solidarity, and the European Commission denounces repatriations to Libya as contrary to European values and international laws, there are no more rescue NGO ships left in the Central Mediterranean, and migrants’ attempted crossings from Libya are the riskiest since public recording started in 2016.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 22/2018

June 12, 2018 - Open Migration
The ship Aquarius - full of migrants rescued by the Italian Navy and Coast Guard, among others - will not be allowed to dock in any Italian port and it should go to Malta instead: the decision was made by Italy’s Interior Minister Salvini and Transport Minister Toninelli (who is technically in charge of ports). The SOS Méditerranéee ship, also operated by Doctors Without Borders, is awaiting for new instructions off the coast of Sicily, amid concerns over the conditions of the 629 men, women and children on board.

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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?

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The 10 Best Articles on Refugees and Migration 20/2018

May 29, 2018 - Open Migration
An attempted escape from the notorious secret camp of Bani Walid left at least 15 dead after local militia opened fire on the detainees. While migrant rescue operations are still underway in the Mediterranean - with more than 2,000 rescued over the last few days - a project involving 13 Italian universities has identified many nameless dead.

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