The story of Maka and Emanuele, buddies under Community Matching
Maka is a Malian refugee who arrived in Italy six years ago. Emanuele is an Italian living in the province of Parma. This the story of their friendship.
Maka is a Malian refugee who arrived in Italy six years ago. Emanuele is an Italian living in the province of Parma. This the story of their friendship.
The Italian city of Bologna recently started granting honorary citizenships to children who were born there to foreigners. Matteo Salvini, head of the right-wing League party, has harshly criticized the city's mayor for participating in events in support of 'Ius soli' at schools.
The number of unaccompanied foreign minors in Italy has increased significantly. Since the start of the year, nearly 2,000 underage migrants and refugees have arrived in the country without their families – nearly three times as many as in early 2022.
Over 1,300 migrants arrived by boat at Lampedusa on Tuesday and Wednesday from Tunisia. In a press release, the Italian coast guard patted themselves on the back for saving 38 of them.
Rescuers aboard search-and-rescue vessels on the Mediterranean tell InfoMigrants they're seeing far fewer search vessels at sea than normal, and the Italian decree governing missions is prohibiting them from being able to save people in distress.
A Meloni Council of Ministers meeting will be held in Cutro, the site of the deadly migrant shipwreck late last month, on Thursday (March 9).
Relatives of victims of last Sunday's (February 26) shipwreck off the southern coast of Italy scoured the beach for their loved ones' belongings. Most didn't find anything.
Last year, more than 77,000 asylum applications were submitted in Italy, far fewer than in Germany, France and Spain.
After a decade during which more than 100,000 unaccompanied minors have arrived in Italy, the reception system for vulnerable young migrants is still inadequate, says Save the Children.
Syrian refugee Rim recently moved from Nigeria to Italy to study at the University of Siena. She received a scholarship through a program supported by UN refugee agency UNHCR.
On a visit to Tunisia the Italian ministers for foreign affairs and the interior met with their counterparts to discuss stability in the Mediterranean region and stopping migration flows. The Italian delegation will travel to Egypt on Saturday, another key departure and transit country.
The organization ANCI has said that while Italy's municipalities are willing to receive migrants, they need better long-term planning and coordination from the national government when it comes to migrant reception.