AIDA Country Report on Italy – 2023 Update

AIDA Country Report on Italy – 2023 Update

The updated AIDA Country Report on Italy provides a detailed overview of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection in 2023. It also includes an annex...
MEDITERRANEAN: Migrants Stuck in Limbo in Cyprus Buffer Zone ― Italy Extends State of Emergency Yet Again ― Possible Plan for Italy and USA to ‘Swap’ Migrants ― European Court of Human Rights Hears First Ever Cases on Pushbacks by Greek Authorities in Evros ― NGO Report Denounces Living Conditions in Greek Refugee Camps

MEDITERRANEAN: Migrants Stuck in Limbo in Cyprus Buffer Zone ― Italy Extends State of Emergency Yet Again ― Possible Plan for Italy and USA to ‘Swap’ Migrants ― European Court of Human Rights Hears First Ever Cases on Pushbacks by Greek Authorities in Evros ― NGO Report Denounces Living Conditions in Greek Refugee Camps

More than two dozen migrants, including a number of unaccompanied children are stranded in the buffer zone in Cyprus. The Italian government has extended the state of emergency over migrant arrivals for six months. The United States of America and Italy are reportedly...
EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: Human Rights NGOs Warn Against Repression of Media and Free Speech in Tunisia ― EU Commissioner Says Migration Deals Were ‘Not Voted On’ ― EU Considers Reactivating Rafah Border Mission – Italy Announces Resumption of Aid for UNRWA – EU Maintains That Syria is Unsafe for Refugee Returns While Lebanon Sets Up Committee to Facilitate Repatriations

EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: Human Rights NGOs Warn Against Repression of Media and Free Speech in Tunisia ― EU Commissioner Says Migration Deals Were ‘Not Voted On’ ― EU Considers Reactivating Rafah Border Mission – Italy Announces Resumption of Aid for UNRWA – EU Maintains That Syria is Unsafe for Refugee Returns While Lebanon Sets Up Committee to Facilitate Repatriations

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have flagged the escalated restriction of free speech in Tunisia. The European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights has claimed that there was no consultation on the EU’s migration deals with Egypt and Tunisia. EU...
MEDITERRANEAN: Migrants Stuck in Limbo in Cyprus Buffer Zone ― Italy Extends State of Emergency Yet Again ― Possible Plan for Italy and USA to ‘Swap’ Migrants ― European Court of Human Rights Hears First Ever Cases on Pushbacks by Greek Authorities in Evros ― NGO Report Denounces Living Conditions in Greek Refugee Camps

MEDITERRANEAN: Council of Europe Reports ‘Prison-Like Conditions’ in Migrant Centres in Cyprus ― Large Increase in Unaccompanied Minors Arriving in Trieste in 2023 ― Setback for Italy-Albania Deal as Opening of Reception Centres Delayed ― Pylos 9: Charges Dismissed But No Freedom Yet

A monitoring report by the Council of Europe’s European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment has revealed worsening conditions in migrant centres in Cyprus. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has revealed a...
Italy: Prime Minister in Libya for Discussions on Further Migration Co-operation ― Joint Italian-Finnish Proposal on Migration Presented to EU Member States ― NGO Monitoring Aircraft Banned from Using Airports Near Migrant Routes ― Almost 23,000 Unaccompanied Child Migrants Missing in Italy in Three Years

Italy: Prime Minister in Libya for Discussions on Further Migration Co-operation ― Joint Italian-Finnish Proposal on Migration Presented to EU Member States ― NGO Monitoring Aircraft Banned from Using Airports Near Migrant Routes ― Almost 23,000 Unaccompanied Child Migrants Missing in Italy in Three Years

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has travelled to Libya for discussions about strengthening migration co-operation with both of the North African country’s rival administrations. Italy and Finland have presented a joint ‘non-paper’ on ‘countering instrumentalisation of...