Raid at NGO on the French-Italian border puts France and Italy at odds
On 30 March 2018, French border guards raided the NGO Rainbow for Africa, which operates at the train station of the Italian city of Bardonecchia at the Alpine border with France. The guards, who were armed, entered the NGO facility, forced a migrant to take a urine...
AIDA 2017 Update Italy: obstacles in accessing asylum procedures and lack of reception capacity*
The updated AIDA Country Report on Italy documents developments in the asylum procedure, reception conditions, detention of asylum seekers and content of international protection throughout 2017. The year 2017 has been chatacterised by media, political and judicial...
Humanitarian Corridors for vulnerable refugees to Italy opening
On 14 February, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) implemented the second evacuation to Italy, bringing the total number of highly vulnerable refugees directly evacuated to Italy to 312. Additionally, more than 1000 refugees have arrived in Italy since February 2016 using...