Migrant arrivals are on the rise again on the Italian coasts. 27,000 since the beginning of 2022. And each time a boat arrives, the same reflex from the Italian authorities, to flush out and arrest the smuggler. 2,400 of them have been arrested since 2014. But, according to several migrant support associations. The trials are botched and the real culprits, the traffickers who are in the countries of departure of the boats, are never worried. This is the reportage in Sicily by Cécile Debarge.
The difficult British judicial collaboration
The fight against migration and smugglers is at the top of the British government’s priorities. But the latest agreement with Rwanda to send back people who arrived illegally, the bad relations with France concerning the crossings on the Channel, make collaboration with neighboring governments difficult. Even if it is essential. In London, Marie Billon’s explanations.
The European eye of Franceline Beretti
Inflation has gone up with the economic recovery; it then accelerated with the war in Ukraine… but it is not experienced in the same way everywhere in Europe. And it is the European eye of Franceline Beretti.
Cigarettes banned on Catalan beaches
Summer, the sun, the beach… and its share of rubbish and cigarette butts! In Barcelona, the town hall has decided to ban holidaymakers from smoking on its beaches. Environmental and health issues. But the measure is not unanimous… Report by Elise Gazengel.
Milan, a smoke-free city
And if there is one city in Europe that has decided to become the flag bearer for the fight against tobacco, it is Milan, in northern Italy. The city wants to become completely smoke-free by 2025 and it is quickly taking the path. In Italy, the explanations of Blandine Hugonnet.