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26th March 2021 – Rescuing lives in the central mediterranean: contemporary challenges

24 March 2021

On the occasion of the presentation of the new report by the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe concerning the situation in the Mediterranean, ASGI is pleased to invite you to the conference “RESCUING LIVES IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN: CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES”, organized in … [Read more...]

Libya: The denial of non-Libyan citizens’ right to health must be investigated and remedied

3 February 2021

The undersigned associations call for an urgent investigation into allegations of the right to health being denied to migrants and asylum seekers in Libya, resulting in consequence with the loss of the most fundamental right of all: the right to life. The right to health is a fundamental … [Read more...]

Issues: health, Libya

ASGI asks the Italian Court of Auditors for an investigation into the use of public funds in detention centres in Libya

27 January 2021

ASGI submitted a complaint to the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of Auditors in Rome, pointing out several critical issues concerning the activities carried out by some Italian NGOs in Libya with funds from the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). The complaint is … [Read more...]

Issues: detention, Libya, sciabaca&oruka

Right to enter Italy for those who have been unlawfully pushed back to Bosnia

22 January 2021

A foreign citizen who arrived in Trieste in 2020 was denied access to asylum procedures in Italy due to the illegal behavior of the Italian authorities. A foreign citizen, illegally readmitted to Slovenia and then to Bosnia on the basis of the Italy-Slovenia agreement, has the right to … [Read more...]

Issues: Balkan route

Civil society calls for AI red lines in the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence proposal

13 January 2021

European Digital Rights together with 61 civil society organisations have sent an open letter to the European Commission demanding red lines for the applications of AI that threaten fundamental rights. With the European Union’s AI proposal set to launch this quarter, Europe has the … [Read more...]

Issues: artificial intelligence, European Commission

Italian city discriminated against migrant children, appeals court rules

31 December 2020

Italian and foreign nationals have equal rights to access social services, a ruling by Milan's appeals court has confirmed. The case made national headlines after migrant children in the city of Lodi were effectively barred from eating at their school canteen. An appeals court in Milan has … [Read more...]

Issues: Discrimination

Bosnia: This inhuman chess game must stop

30 December 2020

An appeal to end the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe: immediate action is required. RiVolti ai Balcani welcomes and shares the appeals coming from individual citizens, activists and volunteers from Bosnia, Italy and from other European countries, with the aim of putting to an end the … [Read more...]

Issues: Balkan route, Bosnia Erzegovina, RiVolti ai Balcani

EU pact on migration and asylum: risks of new mega-reception centres

15 December 2020

Eighteen associations committed to protecting the health of migrants and refugees have launched an appeal to European governments and to members of the European Parliament. THE NEW EU PACT ON MIGRATION AND ASYLUM BRINGS THE RISK OF NEW MEGA-RECEPTION CENTRES SUCH AS MORIA Large … [Read more...]

Issues: European Commission, European Union, Pact on Migration and Asylum

Migrants: 18 associations ask EU to abandon hotspot centers

14 December 2020

Eighteen associations promoting the health rights of migrants and refugees have appealed to European governments and to EMPs to change the model of large holding centers in the new European pact on migration and asylum. Large centers, they said in the recent appeal, "have devastating effects on the … [Read more...]

Issues: Hotspot

Activists, experts hope for justice as Salvini trial resumes

11 December 2020

Italy’s ex-interior minister could be indicted for kidnapping refugees and dereliction of duty in two separate court cases and in the Open Arms case he could face the additional charge of dereliction of duty. “This makes the Palermo trial more important, from our perspective,” Antonello Ciervo, a … [Read more...]

Issues: Open Arms

Covid-19: foreign doctors excluded from public bids

5 December 2020

ASGI, Lunaria and "Italians without citizenship" appealed to the Ministry of Health, the Parliament and the Government: those who have a permit of have the right to apply. Brief international press review Italy is short on healthcare workers, but its jobs are closed to most immigrants … [Read more...]

Issues: Coronavirus

Italian court rules against higher immigrant permit fees

19 October 2020

A court in Italy's northern city of Lecco on October 14 fined the economy ministry for having introducing additional fees for migrants requesting a renewal of their stay permits in 2011. The measure had already been contested in 2015 by the European Court of Justice. A court in Italy's … [Read more...]

Issues: Court of Justice of the European Union, Discrimination

What is the content of the recent agreement between Tunisia and Italy? Italian and Tunisian associations present FOI requests

8 October 2020

ASGI (Association for Juridical Studies on Migration), FTDES (Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights) and ASF (Lawyers Without Borders) raise the alarm: "border control externalization produces systematic violations of migrants' rights". ASGI (Association for Juridical Studies on … [Read more...]

Issues: Tunisia

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