The Italian Ministry of Interior formally claims that the duty of providing legal information on current legislation on immigration and asylum in support of third-country nationals arriving in Italy and taken to the Lampedusa hotspot is delegated to UNHCR and thus fulfilled. This is a duty resting … [Leggi di più...]
Immigrants’s rights and detention: the sad end in the khlaifia’s case
On 2 December, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe officially closed the supervisory procedure for the implementation of measures ordered in the Khlaifia v. Italy judgment. of the European Court of Human Rights. ASGI, A Buon Diritto and CILD consider this decision disrespectful of … [Leggi di più...]
A gender perspective on the Lampedusa Hotspot: the systematic and culpable violation of women’s rights
The systemic overcrowding at the Lampedusa Hotspot and the inhumane conditions of informal detention to which foreign nationals are subjected in the facility, which in the summer months can accommodate up to more than four times the number of people allowed by the current capacity of 250, are well … [Leggi di più...]
Lampedusa hotspot: more and more a place of confinement, the “hole in the fence” is also closed
The issue of the de facto deprivation of liberty of foreign citizens at the Lampedusa hotspot is not new in the panorama of the devices used for the management of migration flows. Already with the judgment Khlaifia v. Italy, the Italian government was condemned for the arbitrary detention of foreign … [Leggi di più...]
Black book on Pre-Removal Detention Centre (CPR): when EU denies the human
This black book was written after the suicide of Moussa Balde, a 22-year-old boy who was attacked on 9 May 2021 in the streets of Ventimiglia by three unknown men. After being briefly hospitalized, the young man was taken to the Head of Police of Imperia, which ordered his confinement at the CPR of … [Leggi di più...]
Report “Rights on the skids. The experiment of quarantine ships and main points of criticism”
The health emergency has had a major impact on sea rescue activities, disembarkation procedures and the reception of migrants arriving in Italy via the Mediterranean Sea. Among the measures put in place by the government is the configuration of ships to carry out the 'quarantine' period for people … [Leggi di più...]
Khlaifia sentence: Italy still under scrutiny for violations in hotspots
Five years after the Khlaifia ruling handed down by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the effective respect of rights in hotspots in Italy is still not guaranteed and needs to be further examined in December 2021. This was decided by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe … [Leggi di più...]
Standard Operating Procedures for ad hoc relocation exercises
ASGI, within the In limine project, has made during 2019 and 2020 several requests for FOIA access aimed at highlighting the concrete functioning of the so-called redistribution procedures (or relocation) of people rescued at sea in recent years. At this link you can find most of the … [Leggi di più...]
Adriatic route: information for migrants
The informative flyer for foreign citizens trying to reach Italy through the Adriatic Sea, an initiative of the Adriatic Seaports Network. The Adriatic Seaports Network, of which ASGI is part with SOS Diritti Venezia and the Ambasciata dei Diritti di Ancona, for about three years has built a … [Leggi di più...]
Asylum seekers’stay in transit zones at land borders in the light of their right to personal freedom: the Ilias and Ahmed v. Hungary case
Although detention represents, and has historically represented, an instrument which has been frequently used by the authorities in the management of migratory flows, the issue of the deprivation of freedom of foreign citizens in transit zones has long remained on the sidelines of public … [Leggi di più...]
The detention pending removal in “suitable premises” at Border Offices
The data obtained from competent authorities In recent years there has been a general diffusion of the use of detention of foreign nationals: the Italian legislator has recently regulated an expansion of the places of detention of foreign citizens subjected to an expulsion order. Article. 4 … [Leggi di più...]
Direct pushbacks at the airport border crossing points in Milan (Malpensa) and Rome (Fiumicino): an analysis of the data obtained from the authorities
The transit zones of ports and airports are places of particular interest in order to understand the dynamics, political experiments and practices aimed at containing the flow of foreign citizens entering the Italian territory. Direct pushback at the border represents the main instrument provided … [Leggi di più...]
Rights in route. The “quarantine ships” between risks and criticisms
The use of quarantine ships is one of the measures put in place by the Italian government to deal with the arrivals of foreign nationals in times of pandemic. Almost two months after the start of this experiment, it is possible to make a first assessment of the adequacy and criticism entailed in … [Leggi di più...]