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• Libya

The Sea Watch 3, a non-profit search and rescue ship, remains in Catania port in Sicily after Dutch authorities decided last week that it needed maintenance. The ship had been allowed to enter port only after being stranded at sea for ten days with 47 migrants on board. InfoMigrants spoke to Kim Heaton-Heather, who was responsible for the search-and-rescue operations on the ship's last two missions. He thinks the move to keep the Sea Watch 3 docked in Sicily is a reflection of a growing anti-immigrant feeling in Europe.

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Employers in Italy who hire irregular migrants will now face a fine of 1,398 euros. This sanction is part of a new decree signed by several key ministers.

• Italy

Italian police have broken up an organisation trafficked irregular migrants from southern Italy to northern Europe. The group was reportedly based in the former Olympic village in Turin. Police said the group moved dozens of foreigners throughout Europe for large sums of money.

• Italy

Moussa Ba is not the first migrant to die in a shanty town in Italy. Dozens have died in these makeshift settlements, in particular in the southern regions of Calabria, Puglia and Sicily. Most of them were very young immigrants.

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• Germany
• Hungary

The UN agencies UNHCR and UNICEF have urged action to put an end to child statelessness in Europe. According to them, about 2,100 children were registered as stateless in 2017, a four-fold increase compared to 2010.

• Italy

The City of Milan announced it will provide a registry for asylum seekers who are unable to register with the city registry due to exclusion by the country's new Salvini security decree. The announcement has been criticized by the center-right.

• Italy

The Italian authorities have dismantled a Nigerian human trafficking ring that operated between Nigeria, Libya and Italy, forcing women and children to sell their bodies by using voodoo rituals as a form of coercion.

• Italy

A man from Senegal was killed in an overnight fire at a shanty town mostly inhabited by irregular migrant workers and refugees. This is not the first time this area in southern Italy saw a destructive blaze.

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• Italy
• Netherlands

Italian authorities have been asked by the Netherlands to keep the NGO migrant rescue ship Sea Watch 3 in the port of Catania. The decision followed an inspection by Dutch authorities earlier this week.

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• Italy
• Libya

For two years, Sissoko, a 31-year-old Malian, has been trying to recover from his crossing of the Mediterranean. Of around 130 people who boarded the ship, 62 died, including all the children on board.

• Italy

Italy's hardline migrant policy has fueled a debate in the country over how to address new arrivals. In an effort to foster cohesion and understanding, one artist is covering her local village in golden blankets.

• Italy

A project called "Work at the Bar" in Italy's capital Rome, starting in late February, trains young migrants to work as baristas and waiters. The goal of the initiative is to give foreign minors and young adults the chance to achieve social and work independence.