In the first 24 hours of its release on January 1, the musical comedy Tolo Tolo was the biggest grossing Italian film of all time. Its subject matter: migration, Italian society and the right to dream, which has set Italy talking.
A prosecutor in Calabria has said that in Italy there is a lack of "political choices that should solve and prevent" the exploitation of migrant farmworkers. His comments came after the arrest of 13 gangmasters and seven businessmen working in the agricultural area of Gioia Tauro in Calabria.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella has bestowed the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic to Maria Coletti for her dedication to helping immigrant children learn Italian.
In 2019, the online information site "Black Post" was set up in Italy. Staffed by immigrants, its aim is to tackle the subject of migration in a clear and humanizing fashion. The site focuses on bringing migrants' personal stories to their audience.
A total of 392 migrants have been relocated to other European countries by request of the Italian government since September. The most recent transfer took place just before the Christmas period on December 20, when 132 migrants were relocated to Germany.
Thanks to the project 'Leaving violence. Living safe', promoted by the association D.i.Re in partnership with UNHCR, 50 female asylum seekers and refugees have been aided this year by the group's anti-violence centers that have responded to the specific needs of victims of abuse.
Pope Francis is again establishing his own ‘humanitarian corridor’ from Greece to Italy. His latest decision is to send a close aide, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, to the Greek island of Lesbos to pick up 33 asylum seekers and bring them back to Rome.
Migrant women and teens crossing the central Mediterranean face a high risk of sexual violence, warned UNICEF on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The risk is even higher in the case of unaccompanied minors, UNICEF said.
Italian Admiral Giovanni Pettorino has said that the Coast Guard rescued 55,000 unaccompanied children between 2015 and 2018.
The procedures for family reunification for migrants in Italy are taking longer than planned; that's according to a new report by UNHCR in conjunction with Caritas and the Communitas consortium.
Italy shares responsibility for the violations of the rights of migrants in Libya, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) claim. This month the two organizations submitted a joint third-party intervention to the European Court of Human Rights in a case involving Libya’s abuses against migrants.
Italian authorities have accused 21 people, including Italian and foreign nationals, of issuing fake documents that were presented as part of family reunification applications.