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There are numerous rescue ships operating in the Mediterranean, however not enough to deal with the number of people in danger along one of the most dangerous migratory routes in the world.After the termination of the Mare Nostrum program in 2014, the Civil Fleet, the civilian fleet of monitoring and rescue ships active in the Mediterranean, has become practically the only resource for those risking their lives during the dangerous illegal crossing. The stretch of sea that extends from Libya or Tunisia to Italy represents a lethal physical barrier, especially for makeshift wooden or rubber boats, often recycled several times by traffickers.Until 2014, the Mare Nostrum operation, started in 2013 in response to the increase in shipwrecks in the Sicilian channel, it had a double mission:guarantee rescue at sea and criminally prosecute those who profit from the illegal trafficking of migrants.Shortly after the end of Mare Nostrum, replaced by Triton in 2014 - a European rather than jus...

Of foreigners residing in Italy at least half they are women;in 2021, approximately 2.6 million women with foreign citizenship were registered, a number equal to 50.9% of the entire foreign population resident in our country.Since the 1970s, women have begun to arrive in Italy with an emancipatory migration project in mind.To date, however, the well-being and rights status of foreign women in our country are seriously compromised, as illustrated bylatest report of the Idos Study and Research Center. To understand women's rights in Italy today, an intersectional approach is necessary, that is, having to consider the multiplicity of aspects that are part of our identities and the ways in which these intertwine, creating disadvantages or privileges.Intersectionality is based on the assumption that discrimination against non-white women, LGBTQIA+ and disadvantaged class subjects is multiplying;it was the African American activists who forcefully stated that there are multiple hegemonic...

Eight years have passed since the image of little Alan Kurdi, found dead on the beach in Bodrum, Turkey, together with 12 other people fleeing the war in Syria, went around the world. We wondered on whether or not to publish the photo of the 3 year old child's body.Those who had done so said they were convinced that that image would represent the point of no return: “If these images don't change Europe, what will?”, had headlined several newspapers.To hold those who govern to their responsibilities.That photo, it was written at the time, was the iconic representation, the "consequence", of political choices. This year the tenth anniversary was remembered of the Lampedusa shipwreck.It was October 3, 2013, when at least 368 people died in front of the island of Lampedusa, mostly Eritreans, fleeing from Libya.Even then, the images of the coffins lined up, white and small, shocked public opinion.Then, eight days later, there was “the shipwreck of the chil...

“The right advances”.“The European People's Party wins by a landslide”.“The real dark wave is yet to arrive.”These are some of the newspaper headlines that tell the outcome of the European elections on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 June.The results were expected:the right and the far right increased their consensus, but did not obtain an absolute majority in the European Parliament.The three main right-wing parties (the more moderate European People's Party, the Conservatives and Reformists, which includes the Brothers of Italy, and Identity and Democracy, which includes the League) have different positions on many issues but they all agree on a point:the need to clamp down on migration in Europe, pushing towards an increasingly restrictive policy towards people arriving on the territory of the Union.“We want to stop uncontrolled migration,” was the slogan printed in large letters on the election posters of the European People's Party. Alre...

  'I have my mother and three little brothers in Kabul who depend on this trip, failure was not an option.'Ahmad (not his real name) is 16 years old.It comes to Europe from Afghanistan and tries ten times to jump over the wall of the port of Patras in Greece.He is also bitten by the guards' dogs.But in the end he succeeds.And while he does it, he films himself with his cell phone. Feet, black sneakers, faded pants of the same color, a blue thread passing over one foot.The legs are leaning on a metal bar, there is an intense noise, it could be that of a plane or a ship.The mobile phone picks up, but it's still not clear where we are, an iron skeleton and the air flowing, for a moment it seems like we're in flight.The phone is lowered and it is finally clear what is happening in this video:the asphalt flows fast and the wheel of a truck turns at the same speed.The cell phone returns to the bars under the truck and the camera turns towards the person holding it:the head bent in a...