Migrants turned away from Catania and Syracuse

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On 30 September 2015 between 10-11am, a boat arrived in the port of Catania. It had aboard 234 migrants, who had been put together from two separate rescues: one boat with 124 people; one with 110 people. This information was gathered from the few migrants who stayed in Catania. The majority of the group were […]

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Migrants died below the deck, those bodies we want to ignore

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They left in the night between Friday and Saturday from the Libyan city of Zwara. There were 326 people from Syria, Sub Sahara, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Today, however, only 313 of them touched the ground at the port of Catania with their own feet. The remaining 49 breathed their last breath below the decks of […]

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A land of barriers

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The European Ministry of the Interior met yesterday in Luxembourg in order to discuss the new politics of immigration in the wake of the proposals from the European Commission and in view of the summit to be held in Brussels at the end of the month. According to initial reports, the meeting ended with a […]

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1100 migrants arrive in Catania, but where will they stay?

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The disembarking is still going on. It is the biggest arrival of refugees in our town: there are over 1100 migrants, of whom 47 are minors, 117 are women, and nine of which are pregnant. The refugees are from Syria, Ghana, Somalia and the Congo. They were rescued from the street of Sicily by the […]

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Frontex headquarter is a shame for Catania

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Enough with racism and militarization: we will prevent the opening! The announcement of the opening of an Frontex agency office in Catania is an insult and a great shame for the whole city. The Mayor of the city is guilty of a reckless act which is totally incompatible with the common feeling of the city. […]

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Who is doomed to pay?

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Breaking news concerning migrants and their reception in Sicily refer almost without exception to the economic aspect of the matter. Funds, delays, advance payments, missed payments and protests are daily events put on the agenda. Only few days ago, the mayor of Pozzallo declared all his disdain and repentance as he found out about the […]

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A free choice which cannot be bordered

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The European Commission has adopted the long awaited European Agenda on Migration these days. Major coverage and attention have been given to the strengthening of the mandate of FRONTEX and to the fight against human traffickers by making available new funding schemes and by planning joint maritime border control operations. There have also been proposals […]

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Disappearing among the large numbers

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They have reached the port of Catania tonight, the survivors of the immense tragedy of these days. 950 missing people to which are added new victims of the shipwreck that happened in the Aegean Sea this night, and others scattered on the coasts of Libya. These tragic numbers announced after the recent tragedies leave without […]

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A Young African Harassed and Followed in Via Etnea, Catania

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From meridio news Written by Salvo Catalano A young man of colour emerges running down Via Etnea, swollen in the face, bleeding. Shaking and crying for help. A few seconds later, on the same street, Via Penninello, four white men appear. One of them topless. “Bastard of a foreigner”, they have time to scream before […]

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The limbo of migrant minors: a story of six asylum seekers moved around Italy

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As described in an article published the 19th September on the website “Argo”, once more unaccompanied foreigner minors pay the price of missed protection and rights violation. The 16th of September at 8 pm, the centre “Don Pino Puglisi” opened its doors to six asylum seekers between 16 and 17 years old. Out of those […]

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