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Lampedusa: The Protests End But The Violations Continue
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa /by Borderline SiciliaUp until yesterday the Hotspot at Lampedusa held around 380 people (including a dozen women). The number of unaccompanied minors was hovering around 90 people, among whom there were five young Nigerian women and girls, who arrived on the island on the same day that a fire rendered an entire building in the Contrada Imbriacola centre uninhabitable. […]
The fiction of despair: “Mummy, don’t worry, I am alive and finally free”
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Trapani/Milo, Uncategorised /by Borderline SiciliaI come upon Alpha and Omega (not their real names) at the bus station of Agrigento, two poorly dressed boys, with very dirty slippers and trousers, torn t-shirts and jackets, with in their hands a bag presumably filled with food. They immediately draw my attention and I observe them for a while. Both of the […]
Alagie’s story, one out of many rejected minors
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa /by Borderline SiciliaAt the beginning of January, the immigration office of Caltanissetta informed us about the case of a foreign and unaccompanied minor who, after having received a decree of removal, left Sicily and was living in the streets. In order to respect his privacy, we will call him Alagie. Anyway, we are convinced that, whatever name […]
New disembarkings and hundreds of rejections at Pozzallo and Lampedusa
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Uncategorised /by Borderline SiciliaWhen we visited the Hotspot at Pozzallo a few days ago, we asked repeatedly for clarification regarding the procedure for separating “economic” migrants from those seeking international protection. The officials at the Prefecture told us how, once the disembarking operation has come to an end, the refugees are transferred by bus to the centre situated […]
Frontex meets with the Associations in Catania
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Catania/Mineo, Uncategorised /by Borderline SiciliaPress release On Thursday, 14th January, a meeting took place in the press room of the Catania police station between several associations, police representatives, Mrs Paglialunga and Mr Nicolao, the regional representative of Frontex. The meeting was attended by representatives from the Catanian Rete Antirazzista (Anti-Racist Network) as well as, by the network’s invitation, the […]
An evening in the square in Lampedusa
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Uncategorised /by Borderline SiciliaIt’s 7 pm, and a group of young Eritrean men and women are sitting silently on the steps in front of the church, holding in paper signs in their hands reading “we are refugees”,and “no to fingerprints”:squeezed up against each other due to the cold weather. I am passing by, carrying my shopping bags and […]
Fortunately 2015 ended
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Palermo, Uncategorised /by Borderline SiciliaThe numbers of 2015 are horrible, they recall homicides, daily deaths that did not seem to end, fostered by policies that have not been corrected even when confronted with racism and the deaths of children. 931 – 237 – 150 – 200 – 73 are only the numbers of the latest arrivals – of minors, […]
We Are Incapable of Welcoming
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Trapani/Milo /by Borderline SiciliaNot even at Christmas! Even now we are not capable of welcoming those in difficulty, having lost the fundamental values of civil life, of respect and of care for others. Over the Christmas period, which is synonymous with the moment in which we are able to “lay a place at the table”, we are continuing […]
Hotspot and deferred refusals: the Lampedusa-model
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Uncategorised /by Borderline SiciliaIn Agrigento, the situation regarding “refoulement” and expulsion of asylum seekers is getting worryingly high. Since September, the Agrigento Police Station (Questura) has been issuing deferred decisions on refusal of entry towards migrants coming from Gambia, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Nigeria, Ghana, Pakistan, Somalia, Eritrea, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. The reasons are different. Generally, as […]
The truth about the Hotspot policy – violations and illegal actions on Lampedusa island
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Uncategorised /by Borderline SiciliaIn the last couple of weeks, dozens of people coming from Mali, Gambia, Pakistan, Somalia, Eritrea and Nigeria, have arrived in Palermo as well as in Catania and other Sicilian cities. In their hands a decree of deportation, which orders them to leave Italy within seven days via Rome Fiumincino airport. All these people first […]