Capitani, Guilia

In Ventimiglia, near the border between Italy and France, refugees and other migrants are living rough, without access to the most basic services. Women, men and children are ‘pushed’ out of the Italian asylum system, which often fails to meet their most basic needs for safety, information and education. Across the border, the French police […]

The flow of migrants into Italy continues to be dealt with as an ’emergency’ situation.  The EU’s ‘hotspot’ approach, outlined in the European Agenda for Migration of  May 2015 as a short-term measure, has been implemented in Italy and Greece  and is an approach involving EU officers, in collaboration with national authorities, in the identification, […]