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...
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: New Reports Highlight Violations of Basic Refugee Rights Including Detention of Minors ― Prime Minister Signs Three Agreements with Tunisia to Curb Migration as EU Ombudsman Launches Inquiry Into EU-Tunisia Deal ― New Plans for Migrant Workers Launched to Fill Labour Shortages ― Interior Minister Vows to Increase Number of Repatriation Centres ― All Charges Against Iuventa Crew Dropped

The digital system launched in 2023 has shifted the barriers to accessing the asylum procedure and made them less visible to the public, according to a new report by the International Rescue Committee. Following the Prime Minister’s fourth visit of the year to...
Mediterranean: Ongoing Rescues and Deaths of Migrants ― Harassment of Rescue Ships by Libyan Coast Guard ― Severe Criticism of Italy’s Reception System and Detention Centres

Mediterranean: Ongoing Crossings, Deaths and Detention of Civil Rescue Ships ― Human Rights Groups Call for Closure of Italy’s Detention Centres ― Maltese Authorities Link Decrease of Migrant Arrivals to “Successful” Policy Decisions

Crossings via the Mediterranean continue amid ongoing tragedies and increased repression against civil rescue ships. A migrant who spent seven years in Italian prisons charged with human smuggling and causing deaths, fights to prove his innocence amid calls by human...
Mediterranean: Ongoing Rescues and Deaths of Migrants ― Harassment of Rescue Ships by Libyan Coast Guard ― Severe Criticism of Italy’s Reception System and Detention Centres

Mediterranean: NGOs to Italy: Stop Obstructing Our Lifesaving Activities at Sea ― First Anniversary of Cutro Tragedy ― Prosecution in Iuventa Crew Trial Asks for Charges to be Dropped ― European Ombudsman Calls for Changes to EU Search and Rescue Rules and Inquiry into Deaths in Mediterranean

A group of NGOs that undertake search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean have called on the Italian authorities to desist from obstructing their work on the anniversary of the adoption of controversial legislation. Survivors and relatives of the victims of the...