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23 February Feb 2016 0936 23 February 2016 Welcome to Zeebrugge, the new Calais of Belgium
The stories and aspirations of a group of Iranian refugees hoping to reach England. In the meantime, they are stuck in the town of Zeebrugge: a place that risks becoming the new migrant crisis in Europe.
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19 February Feb 2016 1842 19 February 2016 “Fire at sea”, the greatest tragedy we have ever seen in Europe
“A mass grave is being created in the Mediterranean Sea and the we are all responsible”. Gianfranco Rosi, whose films include Sacro GRA, winner of Venice’s Golden Lion in 2013, spent months living in Lampedusa to face what he has said perhaps after the Holocaust, it is one of the greatest tragedies the world has ever seen. The island is conveniently closer to Africa than Europe, around 70 miles from the Tunisian coast and further south than Malta
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18 February Feb 2016 0921 18 February 2016 Paolo Gentiloni: “More development cooperation on migration and Isis”
From migration to Syria and Libya: The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs speaks exclusively to Vita International outlining the Italian development cooperation strategy to address the current international crisis and its root causes. “The challenges associated with the management of refugees and migrants mean that a new, combined approach is urgently needed in order to ensure the conditions for safe, orderly and legal migration that respects human rights”, says the minister.
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12 February Feb 2016 1140 12 February 2016 Where Europe's borders lie
This week in Brussels the European Union agreed to a new set of demands for Greece to fix its handling of irregular migrants.
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12 February Feb 2016 1004 12 February 2016 The good practices that fostered the integration of refugees
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.
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10 February Feb 2016 1724 10 February 2016 #womensvoices: female refugees need more rights
As the refugee crisis continues, the European Women's Lobby and the Women Refugee Commission have joined forces and created the #womensvoices project to draw attention to the hardships faced by women fleeing from conflict, poverty, and climate change.
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10 February Feb 2016 1630 10 February 2016 Implementing the European agenda on migration: Progress on priority actions
In view of next week's European Council, the Commission is today reporting on the implementation of the priority actions under the European Agenda for Migration and highlighting key areas where immediate action is needed to restore control.
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9 February Feb 2016 1659 09 February 2016 Allow solidarity to overcome fear
It is hard to recall a year as successful as 2015 for international development policy. However, the story seems to be slightly different when looking at the concrete actions taken. And as usual, this is at the expense of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world, says Caritas Europa.
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8 February Feb 2016 1113 08 February 2016 They herded us into the aircraft like cattle (also known as #TravelWhileBlack)
Traveling while African is a new series of commentaries, articles, and artwork about the vicissitudes of carrying an African passport—inside and outside Africa. Our hashtag is #TravelAfrican.
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5 February Feb 2016 1702 05 February 2016 Austria asks EU to cut development aid in the name of conditionality
The news of Vienna pushing to cut EU development aid in the cases of countries not willing to cooperate on readmission of irregular migrants is further evidence of what European NGO network CONCORD Europe underlines as the “EU Member States continue increasingly to use development aid to promote their geopolitical interests”.
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5 February Feb 2016 1533 05 February 2016 Falak and her family show Europe the way
Italy opens the first 'humanitarian corridor' for Syrian refugees. An example model for other European countries that, in the midst of war and the refugee crisis, wish to preserve human dignity.
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2 February Feb 2016 1528 02 February 2016 Syrian refugee women face exploitation and harassment
The Amnesty International report "I want a safe place’: Refugee women from Syria uprooted and unprotected in Lebanon" paints the dire conditions Syrian women are enduring in Lebanon.
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1 February Feb 2016 1453 01 February 2016 Syrians in need are waiting for actions not just kind words
As donor countries prepare to meet on February 4 in the British capital to pledge support for Syria and its neighbours, Oxfam urges parties to commit to changes that will improve lives of Syrians.
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1 February Feb 2016 1259 01 February 2016 Europe is getting the best migrants ever
Syrian activist Bassam Al-Kuwatli shares his views on how to engage the human and professional capital of immigrants and warns of the consequences of the Eu stand-by policy in Syria
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29 January Jan 2016 1811 29 January 2016 The Giant Zohr
The story of the discovery of the largest gas field in the Mediterranean off the Egyptian coast. A discovery that guarantees energy self-sufficiency to the country
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28 January Jan 2016 1702 28 January 2016 EU’s inadequate answer to the refugee crisis
Examining the human rights situation in over 90 countries, Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2016 denounces the EU's incapability to offer an adequate answer to the refugee crisis
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28 January Jan 2016 0930 28 January 2016 Laura Frigenti: facing the challenges ahead at the new Italian Agency for Development Cooperation
Laura Frigenti is the Director of the new Italian Development Cooperation Agency, officially established by the Italian parliament with the approval of a new bill on development cooperation which came into force on January 1st, 2015. The bill was provided for the establishment of a new development agency as well as the creation of a development financial institution. In this esclusive interview, Laura Frigenti discusses the many challenges she faces in her new role.
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27 January Jan 2016 1720 27 January 2016 Cecile Kyenge:«Hands off Schengen»
According to the Italian MEP, if there is a wall to pull up that is the one barring the pathway of anti-Schengen governments.
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22 January Jan 2016 1613 22 January 2016 CIDSE celebrates its 50th anniversary
At the CIDSE board of Directors meeting ending today 50 years since the foundation of the network were celebrated, the new member Progressio was welcomed in the CIDSE family, and a new CIDSE strategic framework was approved.