A Nigerian migrant filmed the scene of an alleged aggression she says she suffered at the hands of her employer. The woman says that when she went to demand her salary, she was hit. Police are investigating.
The Human rights and immigration commission of the lawyers' guild in the southern Italian city of Caltanissetta has complained about a critical situation at the local CPR repatriation center.
Having spent more than a week onboard the Geo Barents rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea, 659 refugees have finally been given clearance to disembark in Italy. They are expected to arrive in Taranto on the morning of August 5.
The death of a spouse cannot impede the acquisition of Italian citizenship. According to the Italian Constitutional Court, death cannot cancel the full safeguard of guarantees based on the marital bond.
A new shelter, destined to house migrants who arrive autonomously from Tunisia, is now open on the Sicilian island of Pantelleria. The facility will also be coordinating the transfer of the migrants to other parts of Italy.
Youngsters, little more then children, incarcerated and tried like adults, are being charged as 'smugglers' upon their arrival in Italy. While the real human traffickers remain in Libya. The Italian news agency ANSA has collected some of their stories.
Seasonal farm workers in Saluzzo, in the northwestern Piedmont region, have announced a strike to demand regular job "contracts, housing and documents" and to protest against the death of fellow farmworker Moussa Dembele.
The town council of Cosenza in southern Italy has unanimously approved a motion to offer honorary citizenship to the sons and daughters of migrants, born in Italy or who have completed one full scholastic cycle in the country, according to the principle of Ius Soli.
Alika Ogorchukwu, a Nigerian ambulant salesman was killed on the streets of Italy on Friday by an Italian man. Since then thousands have expressed their shock and grief, but the death is proving politically polarizing. Meanwhile, his widow is calling for "justice."
The Italian unions Cgil and Filcams have asked to meet the prefects of Palermo and Trapani in order to put safeguard measures in place for female migrant workers. This follows the surfacing of the exploitation case of Nigerian women as 'cleaning slaves'.
Despite a number of transfers of migrants to other Italian towns, the Lampedusa hotspot in Sicily remains at risk of collapsing due to the continued inflow of new arrivals. Meanwhile the Agrigento public prosecutor has opened a file to collect information on the hotspot management which has been in the eye of the storm for many years with numerous investigations.
At least 10,000 migrants employed by Italian farms live in substandard housing, according to a report published on Tuesday. In these settlements, basic services such as access to water or electricity are nonexistent. A phenomenon that favors the exploitation of migrants.