88 refugees resettled in Italy from Lebanon
The UN agencies UNHCR and IOM reported that 88 refugees have been resettled from Lebanon to Italy this week. The refugees are part of 17 Syrian families who fled the conflict in their country.
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Migrants stuck on Italian Coast Guard vessel allowed to disembark after EU nations agree on redistribution
Italy has announced that it will allow 116 rescued migrants currently on the Italian Coast Guard's Gregoretti vessel to disembark "within hours," bringing the latest standoff with the European Union regarding the redistribution of migrants rescued at sea to an end.
Migrant minors want inclusion and orientation programs
What are the risks, vulnerabilities, dreams and needs of unaccompanied minors of foreign origin hosted in Italian migrant reception centers? This was the question that a joint report by the Ombudsman for Children and Adolescents (AGIA) and the UN's High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) tried to answer.
Italy's Lazio Region takes action against the exploitation of migrants
Italy’s Lazio region has taken measures to fight exploitation in the agricultural sector and combat gang masters. The project, entitled “For quality work in agriculture” includes an app to help fight the exploitation of workers and to support farms who are following legal practices.
EU Commissioner proposes new system for migrant arrivals
Calls for a political solution to sharing out the migrants arriving from the Mediterranean have been coming from almost all sides of the debate for some time. Now the EU Commissioner responsible for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, has proposed a new solution.
Cara di Mineo camp closed by Salvini
Opened in 2011, Cara di Mineo was once Europe’s biggest camp for migrants and asylum seekers. Located about an hour’s drive outside of Catania, it was infamous for violence, deaths and scandals. Interior Minister Matteo Salvini arrived in Sicily on July 9 to ‘turn off the lights’ of the camp, fulfilling another of his personal promises.
Sea Watch will resume operations, defying Salvini
After the latest stand-off with the Italian government, German NGO Sea Watch has said that it will resume migrant rescue operations at sea as soon as possible.
Fund-raising appeals for Sea-Watch captain Carola Rackete top 1.3 million euros
Over the weekend, two collections, one in Germany and one running on Facebook in Italy, have managed to gather over 1.3 million euros in order to help the German Organization Sea-Watch and their captain Carola Rackete, who is under arrest in Italy for entering a port without permission.
Terra Aperta migrant reception network created in Pistoia
The Terra Aperta ('Open Land') network has been set up in the Italian city of Pistoia to help migrant reception and as a response to a recent 'security decree' passed by the Italian government.
Germany’s Protestant Church calls for help for ‘Sea-Watch migrants’
Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, the head of the Council of Protestant Churches in Germany, has made a video appeal for the migrants currently aboard the German rescue organization’s boat Sea-Watch 3. He said that Europe should not stand by and watch and that help was needed immediately to solve the situation.
Admiral says taking migrants back to Libya 'violates laws'
Retired Rear Admiral Vittorio Alessandro, who served as the Italian Coast Guard spokesman from 2010 to 2013 - years when thousands of migrants landed on Lampedusa - said he is convinced that taking migrants from the Sea Watch migrant rescue ship back to Tripoli in Libya would "constitute an infraction of international laws."
Open Arms docks at port of Naples for Refugee week
The NGO Open Arms's tugboat has docked at the port of Naples and will remain anchored there for Refugee Week. World Refugee Day is Thursday, June 20. The NGO will hold a series of meetings with local residents and associations.