Fact Check: The Salvini decree explained
How does the Salvini decree effect asylum seekers and refugees in Italy? Our latest #FactCheck video explains just that.
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Migrants: citizens give 12,000 euros to cash-strapped center
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.
Rome center for repatriations to reopen; four new centers planned
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.
UN urges Italy to halt new security decree
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.
Migrant youths left homeless because of Salvini Decree, aid organization warns
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.
Schoolboy heroes to receive Italian citizenship
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.
The ‘Salvini decree’: Your questions answered
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.
Study: Sexual violence against migrant men and boys on the way to Italy widespread
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.
Salvini decree not retroactive for humanitarian permits
The Italian Cassation Court said the Salvini decree, which tightened the criteria on issuing stay permits for migrants, is not retroactively applicable. Therefore, applications presented prior to the decree's implementation must be considered under the previous regulations.
Italian regions file appeals against migrant-security decree
A number of Italian regions governed by center-left coalitions have announced they are appealing against the controversial "Salvini decree" that strips migrants of basic services. Now the Constitutional Court has to determine whether the decree is constitutional.
The Invisibles: The reality of Italy's migration system
As the year nears its end, the Italian government has boasted that it has reduced migrant arrivals to Italian shores by more than 80 percent. What is not mentioned are the tens of thousands of people who have fallen out of the system but remain on Italian soil. Some fear that the migration decree approved in November could increase their numbers, creating problems for the future.
By abolishing humanitarian protection permits, Salvini forces refugees to become illegal again
With the adoption of a "security decree" tightening migration policy in Italy, thousands of migrants are likely to lose their humanitarian protection permits, which allowed them to stay in Italy legally. Thousands of people now risk once again becoming homeless, undocumented and unemployed.