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Migrants in Sicily - the monitoring project of Borderline Sicilia Onlus and borderline-europe

The already difficult situation of refugees and migrants in Italy and especially in Sicily has been exacerbated by the outbreak of the Corona pandemic. Although the amendment of the "Salvini Decrees" has finally been tackled, so that e.g. accommodation in so called SPRAR centers (with a new name, SAI)  will once again be possible for asylum seekers, but many problems remain unresolved.


Since 2011, monitoring, i.e. surveillance and observation of the situation, but also advocacy has been one of the core tasks of our sister association Borderline Sicilia Onlus. Arrivals, the situation of the centres, access to the asylum procedure are just some of the areas on which reports are published in three languages.

All materials and reports on the trilingual homepage of Borderline Sicilia:
www.borderlinesicilia.it
A project of Borderline Sicilia Onlus and borderline-europe, supported by the Protestant Church in the Rhineland.

For the year 2022 you will also find all articles in English here:

 

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Digital Exhibition

Voices of 15 people at EU's external borders: They are fleeing, they have already come a long way, they want to go to Europe, to a safe place, to a place where human rights apply or where life is possible—but then suddenly they can't go any further.

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Criminalization of Migration & Solidarity in Italy

In the course of the collective attempt to shut down its borders, the EU uses numerous means of deterrence to prevent people from seeking safety in Europe. The criminalisation of people on the move and those who are in solidarity with them has been a widespread strategy for years. In Italy, too, people are prosecuted under the charge of "aiding and abetting unauthorised entry".A project in cooperation with UNITED4RESCUE

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The Mediterranean: monitoring, research, identification

borderline-europe is involved in two very different MONITORING projects:

  • In ‘Detention, illegalisation and the so-called CEAS reform in southern Italy’, the focus is on the implementation of the European Pact on Migration at the EU's external border. The project started in September 2024.
  • "Invisible" is about the situation of refugees in Sicily.
  • Mem.Med is a cooperation project between many entities that carefully focus on the people who have not made it through the dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea. borderline-europe supports the project through volunteers.
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Situation of refugees and migrants in Italy

Here you can find our monthly Update on the situation in Italy "Scirocco - News in Brief" and further information on the situation of refugees and migrants in Italy.

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Central Mediterranean Info

borderline-europe started in March 2019 to put together information about the situation in the Central Mediterranean Sea for internal research reasons. In 2021 we decided to publish parts of the data via Social Media and on our website.

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Sudan: Documentation of enforced disappearances

What does the externalisation of the EU borders to Sudan have to do with the outbreak of war? With the so-called Karthoum process, the EU's external border was outsourced to Turkey and, more recently, Tunisia. In Sudan, the closure of the borders was made possible by dictator El Bashir and his accomplice Hemetti. We are working with the Africa Centre for Justice and Peace Studies to document cases of disappeared activists and migrants.

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