From Paestum to Syracuse: the struggle for a dignified reception continues

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“Just because rules exist does not mean that they are being respected. That’s what I’ve learned during my time in Italy,” says S. from Afghanistan who is an asylum seeker. When he came to us about four months ago, he had to learn the so-called reception system from one of its worst sides. A few […]

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Augusta: naked in the port

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From cronachediordinariorazzismo.org – Naked men bent under water pipes in order to wash themselves. This picture is spreading all over the web. These are men in the commercial port of Augusta, Sicily. Men – and women – freshly landed on Italian shores after an exhausting and dangerous cruise, first through the desert and then the […]

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29-year old man passes away at the “Umberto I” Hospital in Syracuse

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We are dismayed to learn that this morning a young Gambian man passed away at the “Umberto I” Hospital in Syracuse, at 10.30 a.m. The young man is rumoured to have reached Sicily on April 11, possibly docking in Augusta. While he was still on the pier, IOM operators immediately flagged the young Gambian as […]

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The testimonies of other refugees robbed by the Italian military

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In the wake of the tragic shipwrecks of the October 3 and 11, the inauguration of the much publicised humanitarian rescue operation Mare Nostrum has been marred by the report made by around thirty Syrians of theft whilst aboard an Italian military vessel. The refugees, who had been intercepted at sea and transferred to the […]

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Portopalo, 80 Somalis rescued

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They were aboard a ten metre dinghy. 25 of them were women, two of whom were pregnant. The number of those rescued by the Coastguard in the last two days climbs to 438. gds.it – Last night the coast guard carried out a rescue operation 30 miles south of Portopalo. 80 migrants, including 25 women […]

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4 Egyptians arrested and charged with being in charge of the boat sighted 2 days ago near Portopalo di Capopassero

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Pachino (SR) – Four Egyptian citizens were arrested yesterday following an operation carried out by members of the Pachino Commissariato di P.S. together with the Public Prosecutor’s Office for Syracuse’s Immigration Task Force, colleagues from the mobile unit of the Syracuse Police Headquarters and the Noto Carabineri. The four face charges of favouring illegal immigration.Mandur […]

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57 Egyptians arrive by boat in Syracuse. The two in charge of the ship held

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(AGI) – Syracuse – The two believed to be in charge of the most recent boat of migrants to arrive in Syracuse, have been caught. There were 57 Egyptians aboard the 15 metre vessel which was intercepted yesterday evening by the Aero- naval Group unit of the Messina Finance Police. In order to identify those […]

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35 migrants arrive in Syracuse

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Up until now, few, in fact none, had arrived, but yesterday Syrian migrants reached Sicilian shores. An article from blogsicilia:Thirty five migrants arrived on the coast at Fontane Bianche, on the outskirts of Syracuse, this morning aboard a 20 metre vessel. The migrants were intercepted by Syracuse’s Public Prosecutor’s Interforze group soon after getting off […]

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Huge arrival of immigrants in the Province of Syracuse

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From the newspaper Giornale di Sicilia A wooden vessel has arrived at Portopalo di Capo Passero with around a hundred migrants aboard, thought to be of Somalian and Eritrean origin. According to witnesses, some of the migrants dispersed into the surrounding area. Around 100 migrants, claiming to be from Somalia and Eritrea, were located yesterday […]

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