The story of Maka and Emanuele, buddies under Community Matching
Maka is a Malian refugee who arrived in Italy six years ago. Emanuele is an Italian living in the province of Parma. This the story of their friendship.
Maka is a Malian refugee who arrived in Italy six years ago. Emanuele is an Italian living in the province of Parma. This the story of their friendship.
New items of surveillance equipment known as 'camera traps' are to be installed along the border between Slovenia and Italy. The devices will be used to detect undocumented migrants and smugglers on this part of the so-called Balkans route.
Survivors of the February 26 shipwreck off Steccato di Cutro in the southern Calabria region and a 17-year-old Pakistani national accused of smuggling have appeared in court.
Joint efforts to tackle irregular migration - in particular along the Balkan route - was one of the central themes discussed by Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani during a visit to Croatia and Slovenia last week.
Lawyers representing the families of victims of the migrant boat shipwreck off Cutro have presented a brief to prosecutors in which they urge the state attorney office to look into specific facts regarding the deadly incident that took place off the coast of Calabria on February 26.
Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi met his Egyptian counterpart Mahmoud Tawfik in Cairo last week to discuss cooperation between the two countries, including on efforts to stem irregular migration.
The migrants who survived the recent shipwreck off Libya spent three days at sea without food or water, according to Doctors Without Borders. The organization shared the stories of survivors to whom they provided psychological support.
The Italian city of Bologna recently started granting honorary citizenships to children who were born there to foreigners. Matteo Salvini, head of the right-wing League party, has harshly criticized the city's mayor for participating in events in support of 'Ius soli' at schools.
Siful survived a shipwreck off Libya in which 30 migrants died. The 33-year-old from Bangladesh told us his story.
The number of unaccompanied foreign minors in Italy has increased significantly. Since the start of the year, nearly 2,000 underage migrants and refugees have arrived in the country without their families – nearly three times as many as in early 2022.
In the wake of the latest deadly migrant boat incident off the Libyan coast, Malta has once again been accused of ignoring alarms and leaving men, women and children to die. This time the boat that capsized was just outside the Maltese search and rescue (SAR) zone. Once again the Maltese authorities chose to ignore the alarms, some say.
The 17 survivors of a deadly boat disaster off the coast of Libya arrived on Monday in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo. The Sea Watch NGO continues to blame the Italian government for the tragedy.