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Eritreans: placards and slogans on Lampedusa: “We are refugees, not fingerprints”
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Uncategorised /by Borderline SiciliaRedattore Sociale – Around 250 people protested this morning, mainly Eritreans who have been on the island for at least two weeks and have been held in the CPSA* of Contrada Imbriacola**. Many are on hunger strike. ROME – Around 250 people held a political rally in the streets of Lampedusa, holding signs and chanting […]
Agrigento: Hundreds of refugees, among them people from Somalia and unaccompanied minors, rejected and left out on the street
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Uncategorised /by Borderline Sicilia“Seven Days,” that is how refugees call the order for “delayed deportation” according to section 10 paragraph 2 of the unified text about migration which asks them to leave Italian territory from the airport Fiumicino in Rome in the course of seven days. During the last months, this happened to hundreds of people and, how […]
When it’s better being senior
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Uncategorised /by Borderline SiciliaLast week we were in the surroundings of Agrigento, meeting the migrants of a CAS* in Canicattì. As soon as we arrived we immediately noticed the big size of the facility. The IPAB** “Burgio Corsello” is divided into two areas: one reserved to senior people, which has been operable for some time, while the other […]
The factory of irregular migrants, improperly called clandestine – Press release
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Palermo, Uncategorised /by Borderline SiciliaBorderline Sicilia expresses deep concern regarding the continuation of illicit practices at the expense of asylum seekers. From the end of September until today we have denounced on various occasions the hundreds of refoulments of migrants rescued at sea.[1] The last incidence that we heard of is of fifteen people (but they could be more) […]
Agrigento: Deportation of asylum seekers – press release
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Uncategorised /by Borderline SiciliaBorderline Sicilia expresses concerns over the fate of approximately ten asylum seekers whose asylum applications were declined by officials in Agrigento last week. A deportation order was also issued against them. Apparently, these deportation orders, which were issued after a hearing of the asylum seekers, were unfounded. Rather, they are based upon a recent decision […]
Stories of Migrants: From Lampedusa to travel documents
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa /by Borderline SiciliaMeridionews.it – First, the long journey that starts at the Ivory Coast, in Guinea, and in Mali. Then, there are several weeks of staying in Libya and attempting to acquire enough money – approximately 450€ – for crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Finally, there is the arrival in Lampedusa, which is at the same time the […]
Agrigento, investigation on Omnia Academy. Five Million business with migrants.
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Uncategorised /by Borderline SiciliaFrom Meridionews Conspiracy whose purpose was committing fraud against the state and deceit in public acts. This is the charge seven people have to face, according to the Agrigento attorney. At the investigation core Omnia Academy, association for social promotion, located at Favara, that had revenue of 5 Million euros running its migrants’ centres in […]
Stories from Siculiana: The good, the bad, and the ugly of arriving at the reception center for primary care Villa Sikania*
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Uncategorised /by Borderline Sicilia“Time does not exist here. You spend the day with eating, sleeping, and waiting; after a while it is as if time does not exist.” These are the words of A., a very young African, who tells us that he just turned eighteen yesterday. We wish him a happy belated birthday; he smiles, but then […]
So much hypocrisy and confusion, only one certainty: death – Agrigento
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Uncategorised /by Borderline SiciliaAgrigento – our journey had stopped in Palermo, at the confusion and the incompetence of the local politicians, as well as the one of their national colleagues, in giving adequate answers to the phenomenon. Let’s start again this time from Agrigento, where surely the situation is not bright, on the contrary it is rather pitch […]
The Endless Waiting
/in Agrigento/Lampedusa, Uncategorised /by Borderline SiciliaFinally after a year and three months of waiting endlessly, in these days a few guests from the SPRAR* centres in Piana del Belice, run by the Quadrifoglio Cooperative, undergo their fateful interview in front of the territorial sub-commission at the prefecture of Agrigento, which is going to accept or refuse their asylum request. Even […]