Borderline Sicilia visits the hotspot of Pozzallo

On January 25th, with prior approval, we visited the hotspot of Pozzallo guided by a representative of the prefecture of Ragusa. Once entered through the gate of the facility, we stopped at the mobile police station situated at the entrance for ID control and the notification regarding the requirements for visitors. The Minutes specify that […]

The CPSA at Pozzallo becomes a Hotspot.

On Tuesday it was officially announced that the CPSA at Pozzallo has been transformed into a Hotspot, the third in Sicily. Inside, the Italian police will be supported by officials from Frontex, EASO and EUROPOL, while the management of the services is still being left to the cooperative Azione Sociale, as the a winner of […]

MSF Ends Activities in Pozzallo Reception Center

Press Release MSF – Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will end its medical activities in a reception center for migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Pozzallo, Sicily, and in other reception centers in Italy’s Ragusa Province, due to unacceptable conditions including overcrowding and a lack of protection for vulnerable people, the organization said today. […]

Visiting the highly specialized center for unaccompanied minors in Ragusa

On April 13th, 2015, a highly specialized center for unaccompanied minor refugees opened in Ragusa. It is maintained by the cooperative “Together for life”. We visited the center located in the former Hotel Rafael, in the main street close to the cathedral. The building consists of several floors and is also equipped with a porch […]

Doctors without Borders in Pozzallo: “100 ‘vulnerable’ migrants expelled”

From Palermo.blogsicilia Over one hundred persons have been expelled from the reception centre of Pozzallo during the last weeks. Among them are women, also pregnant, minors and “vulnerable” persons who experienced “extremely hard journeys and who necessitated medical care” – as condemned by Doctors without Borders (Msf). The organization is concerned “about this unexpected change […]

Surviving Eritreans of shipwreck from 3rd of October are transferred from Lampedusa to Pozzallo

Being transferred from the CSPA (First Reception Centre) of Lampedusa on Sunday 12th of January, thus after more than 100 days on the island, the seven Eritreans (six men and one woman), who are survivors of the shipwreck of 3rd of October, have finally left Lampedusa. Leaving the island by ship in the late morning, […]

Pozzallo: Migrants participate in local demonstration

The city of Pozallo, in Sicily, woke up to a bright, sunny day after the dark and frightening spectacle of last November 17organized by the neo-fascist party Forza Nuova (New Force) – when dozens of people marched through the streets shouting racist and xenophobic slogans. Local residents, unions and migrants all went out onto the […]

Pozzallo. Accommodation provided for the 130 Somalis rescued from the sea

One hundred and thirty Somali migrants, including 47 women and two newborns, arrived today on the shores of Pozzallo The two speed boats which they were travelling on had been identified by the coast guards south-east of Portopalo of Capo Passero. It is likely that the majority of their journey took place aboard an older […]

Boat arrives in Pozzallo, the 61 Eritreans aboard are transferred to Portopalo

The 61 Eritrean migrants, who arrived near the port of Pozzallo on the evening of the 2nd June, have been transferred to a recreation centre belonging to the Parish of San Gaetano of Portopalo di Capopassero. According to the port authorities, the transfer occurred during the day on Sunday. The migrants, 17 of whom are […]

Salinagrande, the Centre’s migrants bear the signs of beatings

Report, 11th-15th May 2012 Right from the very beginning of our monitoring of the Salinagrande CARA (Hosting Centre for Asylum Seekers) we have noticed that the management and the employees of the Centre maintain a rather hostile stance particularly towards the Tunisian community. The fact that Tunisians are considered an “uncomfortable” migrant group in Italy […]