New Arrivals at Pozzallo

From Il Clandestino The umpteenth transfer to the Pozzallo CSPA (First Reception Centre). Last night, 30 migrants were transferred to the structure in Ragusa. It would appear that the new arrivals are Tunisians and that they have been transferred from Lampedusa. The Pozzallo CSPA currently holds 55 migrants. Yet it seems that they, like many […]

The Eternal, Motionless Limbo of the Mineo CARA (Hosting Centre for Asylum Seekers)

By Antonio Mazzeo A year has already passed and emergency has been absorbed into daily life. It is a hotel- prison which has been transformed into a precarious trap; a space where everything is slow; an eternal non- place. Yesterday is today; today- tomorrow. The Hosting Centre for Asylum Seekers in Mineo is still there, […]

Refusals of Entry- even according to the Public Prosecution Office of Syracuse, they were violent

Immigrants, pm: “Refusal of Entry and the sending of migrants to Lybia is violence” The Public Prosecution Office in Syracuse orders the trial of Rodolfo Ronconi, Director of Police for Immigration and Vincenzo Carrrarini, General of the Finance Police. “They didn’t respect the Italian norms regarding the arrival of refugees.” 75 irregular migrants refused entry. […]

Mineo: dialogue between agriculturers and residents at the “Village of Solidarity” gets underway

On Saturday 22 October, the Catania AntiRacist Network once again demonstrated the longsightedness of their constant and unyielding work: over the course of several months, the interethnic meetings which the Catania AntiRacist Network periodically organise have remained the only appointment to survive the fleeting media orgies and have built an irreplaceable platform from which to […]