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18 April Apr 2016 1115 18 April 2016 Matteo Renzi: European migration bonds will help us solve the refugee crisis
With the migration crisis ongoing, Italian Prime Minister Renzi has proposed an ambitious new finance solution involving enhanced cooperation with African states, and the use of euro bonds that would see EU countries issuing joint debt to stem the flow of migrants and strengthen African border controls.
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13 April Apr 2016 1327 13 April 2016 Development aid rises again in 2015, spending on refugees doubles
According to official data collected by the OECD, last year net official development assistance (ODA) flows from member countries of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD totalled USD 131.6 billion. Development aid continues to grow despite costs for in-donor refugees.
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13 April Apr 2016 1018 13 April 2016 How gambling contributes to inequality
Numerous studies tell us that the largest numbers of gamblers come from the poorest segments of the population, who see it as a way of getting out of poverty. This fact contributes to increasing inequalities.
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11 April Apr 2016 1500 11 April 2016 Amnesty International: "Italy needs to end the forced segregation of Roma"
Amnesty International is calling for Italy to end its segregation of Roma in a recent blog post, stating that “Forced evictions of hundreds of residents from the camps of Lungo Stura Lazio in Turin and Via Idro in Milan in the last year...further underlines the prejudicial horror show that accommodation for Roma in Italy has become.”
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8 April Apr 2016 1339 08 April 2016 Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals in 2016: 172,458; Deaths: 714
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has published its latest statistics on 2016 migration flows. In Greece alone, 1,758 men, women and children have arrived in the past week, and the IOM calculates this was roughly the daily average over the three months of January, February and March.
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7 April Apr 2016 1107 07 April 2016 Aviva Community Fund winners announced
18 Italian non profit organisations have won the Community Fund competition, receiving donations from 3,000 to 10,000 euros, in order to carry out projects at local level.
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31 March Mar 2016 0953 31 March 2016 Can a government regulate happiness?
The new edition of the World Happiness Report 2016 showed that people are happier living in societies where there is less inequality of happiness. It also found that happiness inequality has increased significantly (comparing 2012-2015 to 2005-2011) in most countries, in almost all global regions, and for the population of the world as a whole.
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16 March Mar 2016 1512 16 March 2016 The future for our youth lies in social protection
With demonstrations occurring all week across France against the government's new labour market proposals, SOLIDAR Secretary General Conny Reuter argues that job creation is hampered by blind austerity and the lack of social investment in education.
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15 March Mar 2016 0939 15 March 2016 Migrants and refugees have rights!
The preview of the findings and proposals of the upcoming Caritas report "Migrants and refugees have rights! Impact of EU policies on accessing protection”.
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7 March Mar 2016 1555 07 March 2016 In-work poverty and long-term unemployment: Europe’s two biggest challenges
The report “End poverty in Europe – Our solutions to make it happen" which will be launched in mid-April 2016, offers a very worrying snapshot of the social and economic reality and outlook of the old continent.