25 October 2018
The Landings Never Stop
Since the establishment of the League-Five Star government, a belief is making headway in public opinon that, with the ports being closed to ships that... Read more
23 October 2018
Migrants rescued by Trenton reveal: ‘If that boat saw and rescue us before, 76 people would not have died’
Repubblica– On 12 June 2018 the US Navy ship Trenton rescued 41 migrants in the Mediterraneo, off the coast of Libya, from a collapsed rubber boat.... Read more
31 August 2018
The Emergency Hostel in Rosolini: Asylum Seekers With Restricted Movement
On August 2nd we returned to the Extraordinary Reception Centre* in Rosolini, managed by the company ‘Alessandro Frasca s.a.s.’, which currently... Read more
23 July 2018
Stories Of Ordinary Integration, Against The Stereotypes!
On July 4th we had the pleasure of engaging in a conversation with Stephen (not his real name), a young 23-year-old man from Togo. Stephen arrived in Italy... Read more
31 May 2018
The Dirty Propaganda Campaign About Libya
On 21 May 2018, a conference was held at the Ortygia Business School in Syracuse in order to “inform civil society about what is actually happening in Libya”.... Read more
22 May 2018
A Good Example For Once
For once, a good example of migrant reception. A report of a visit to the “Obioma” SPRAR centre at Canicattini Bagni Read more
11 May 2018
The Shanty Town at Cassibile at the Point of Emergency: “Employers Should Guarantee Accomodation”
From MeridioNews.it – CRONACA – Seventy-nine African men camped out in more than 50 shacks on private land. Without water nor electricity and in appalling... Read more
6 March 2018
Homeless and Rightsless
In Italy, the malfunctioning of administrative procedures represents a continuous source of bureaucratic dragging, demeaning periods of waiting and vicious... Read more
31 January 2018
The landing of the Aquarius ship in Augusta
Yesterday afternoon the Aquarius ship of the NGO SOS Méditerranée anchored in the harbour of Augusta with 215 people aboard, of which 38 are women –... Read more
4 August 2017
After The Landing, Human Rights On Hold: The Case Of The Extraordinary Reception Centre at Rosolini
Mohamed and Ahmed (not their real names) arrived in Sicily on the first of July. The Swedish ship BKV 002 to which they were transferred while still at sea brought... Read more