Tag: migrants
Italy announces measures to deter irregular migrants
The Italian government approved a series of measures this Monday, September 18, including in particular the extension of the detention period for rejected migrants and the creation of new detention…
Influx of migrants to Lampedusa: what is contained in the emergency plan unveiled by von der Leyen
The European Commission intends to take its responsibilities in this new migration crisis. This Sunday, September 17, its president Ursula von der Leyen presented an emergency plan to help Italy…
Von der Leyen and Meloni visited the island, where more migrants than residents have arrived in days
Italy has asked the EU for help due to the increase in the number of migrants. 8,500 people came to the island of Lampedusa over the course of three days…
The number of migrants close to the levels during the refugee crisis – EU summits visit Lampedusa
The number of asylum applications to the EU increased by 28 percent in the first six months of this year, compared to the same period last year, according to the…
Thousands of migrants to Lampedusa: “A challenging situation”
They cling to piers and rocks, some wade ashore. The heavily laden, open boats have this week formed a queue at the port of Lampedusa, Italy’s southernmost island. Now, authorities…
Lampedusa: what the latest figures say about the influx of migrants in Italy
Its population doubled in a few days. The Italian island of Lampedusa, located less than 150 kilometers from the Tunisian coast, has been facing an unprecedented influx of migrants since…
6,000 migrants in a few hours, how can we explain this massive influx of people into Lampedusa?
Since the evening of September 13, the island of Lampedusa has been facing a massive arrival of migrants. The Italian Red Cross estimated that 6,000 people landed in the Italian…
Influx of migrants: the “state of emergency” in Lampedusa, Berlin and Rome is fraying
New wave of panic in Lampedusa. According to the words of the head of migration of the Italian Red Cross, Francesca Basile, collected by several Italian media, “around 6,000 people”…
Germany no longer accepts migrants from Italy ‘until further notice’
Germany refuses to welcome migrants from Italy. Berlin confirmed that it had suspended the “ voluntary European solidarity mechanism », a system providing for the care by northern countries of…
Welcome 66, the association that teaches migrants to swim
In Perpignan, the Welcome 66 association offers swimming lessons to asylum seekers from the Pyrénées-Orientales to combat their trauma. Since the beginning of the summer and until mid-September, volunteers have…