The ship Aquarius rescues 371 people in a day: here’s how it went

Daniele Biella

The story of Daniele Biella, journalist of Vita, of the last days on board of the ship Aquarius of the Ngo Sos Méditerranée

Children on the move remain forgotten and unprotected

World Vision

As EU leaders are discussing migration within the Council arena, World Vision is calling on them to protect children on the move from all forms of violence.

Study of EU hotspot approach reveals serious challenges in Greece and Italy

Staff

The study "The implementation of the hotspots in Italy and Greece" takes stock of the implementation of the hotspots in Italy and Greece during this last year, and particularly since the entry into force of the EU-Turkey Statement in March 2016. It analyses the legal framework and practices developed in each country, the role of the different actors involved, and the challenges that have emerged.

Adieu Calais

Martino Pillitteri

As the French government clears the Calais camp, European member states are still grappling to implement the long - due refugee plights policies

Oxfam:«Each day 28 unaccompanied children fall out of Italy’s weak reception system»

Staff

With latest UNICEF figures showing ever more children globally are uprooted, the number of unaccompanied refugee and migrant children arriving to Europe through Italy has doubled this year and Europe is failing to properly support them, a new Oxfam report reveals.

Mediterranean migrant arrivals in 2016 reach 227,316

Staff

OIM reports an estimated 227,316 migrants and refugees entered Europe by sea in 2016 through 3 July, arriving in Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Spain.

In 2015 almost 90,000 asylum seekers were unaccompanied minors

Staff

According to EU data, the highest number of asylum applicants considered to be unaccompanied minors was registered in Sweden followed by Germany, Hungary, and Austria.

The doctor who meets every single refugee who arrives in Lampedusa

Martino Pillitteri

Pietro Bartolo, an Italian gynaecologist who cared for hundreds of thousands of immigrants and refugees on the Italian island Lampedusa, is giant low profile hero whose merits and tireless efforts have been recognized and morally awarded by the docu-film Fire at Sea.

Eviction to go ahead at the Calais camp

Staff

A French court has given the green light for the state to expel hundreds of migrants from their shelters in the north of France. Save the Children:«Almost 400 children will be forced to flee their makeshift homes in the Calais, when many of them having already fled war zones»

The good practices that fostered the integration of refugees

Monica Straniero

A new OECD report highlights how some countries were able to manage and integrate refugees. An example? In Sweden, new arrivals are systematically informed of job opportunities in meetings with the public employment service upon reception of their residence permit.