The introduction of the "Salvini decree" has led to a strong incease in the number of undocumented migrants in Italy, according to a new study. That's mostly because it's become harder for asylum seekers to get a stay permit.
Italy's new Interior Minister Lamorgese is seen as a moderate who may re-open ports to rescue vessels, but PM Conte wants the EU to show more solidarity with Italy in return. Bernd Riegert reports from Brussels.
The Italian government has allowed women, children and sick people on board the private Mare Jonio rescue vessel to disembark. However, about one third of the migrants picked up by the charity boat on Wednesday remain on board.
SfruttaZero produces ecological tomato sauce with the help of migrant farmworkers. The two associations that run the project in Puglia, Italy, have criticized the new security decree and said that "the ethical and moral duty to resist" drives their work.
How does the Salvini decree effect asylum seekers and refugees in Italy? Our latest #FactCheck video explains just that.
A group of Caserta residents has raised 12,000 euros for activists from the 'ex Canapificio' social center to help them take over a cash-strapped center which hosts asylum seekers in the southern Italian city. The interior ministry has not paid the center the last installment of funding due in 2018, worth 660,000 euros.
The Italian interior ministry has announced it will reopen the centre for repatriations in Rome at the beginning of June. It also said work is underway to open another four similar structures across Italy.
The United Nations has urged the Italian government to halt the approval of a new decree on security. UN human rights experts say it violates migrants' human rights. Under the decree, NGO-run ships would be fined for every person rescued at sea and taken to Italian territory.
Humanitarian organization Intersos has said that the implementation of the Salvini Decree has created an "emergency" because thousands of youths over the age of 18 can now no longer stay in reception centers. The situation in Sicily is reportedly particularly bad.
Five children who helped to save their classmates when their bus was set on fire by the driver near Cremona last week have been honored at a press conference in Rome. Italy's interior minister Matteo Salvini said two of the boys, whose parents are immigrants, would receive Italian citizenship.
Gennaro Santoro is an Italian lawyer working with the non-governmental organization the Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights (CILD). Since the so-called ‘Salvini Decree’ was implemented in autumn 2018, lots of you have asked us questions on Facebook about how it will affect your life in Italy. Below are some answers to your questions.
The Women’s Refugee Commission in a new study found that "sexual violence against all refugees and migrants –women, men, girls and boys- appears to be commonplace along the central Mediterranean route." Their study outlines recommendations for service providers, governments and donors to try and deal with this problem.