Italy

Challenging the Myth of the Undesirability of Low-Skilled Labour in the EU

Date: 12/02/2013 - 08:52

When EU countries visualise an ideal immigrant, a highly-skilled and educated immigrant comes to mind. For many, the highly-skilled and skilled represent the only ´legitimate´ form of immigration. EU immigration policy in its current form is characterised by three main dimensions: attracting highly-skilled workers, deterring irregular migration, and promoting the integration of third country nationals. The EU approach is one of increased migration management so that Europe receives legal migration, particularly in sectors that are lacking in personnel.

Italie: Les renvois de migrants vers la Grèce constituent une violation de leurs droits

Date: 22/01/2013 - 13:37

L'Italie renvoie de manière sommaire des mineurs migrants non accompagnés et de demandeurs d'asile adultes vers la Grèce, où ils subissent les dysfonctionnements du système d'asile et des conditions de détention abusives, a déclaré Human Rights Watch dans unrapport publié aujourd'hui.

Italy: Summary Returns to Greece Violate Rights

Date: 22/01/2013 - 13:36

 Italy is summarily returning unaccompanied migrant children and adult asylum seekers to Greece, where they face a dysfunctional asylum system and abusive detention conditions, Human Rights Watch said in a report published today.

Italy: Time to address exploitation of migrant workers

Date: 18/12/2012 - 13:51

Italy must overhaul policies which contribute to the exploitation of migrant labourers, violating their right to work in just and favourable conditions and their access to justice, Amnesty International said. 

International migration and over-indebtedness: the case of Filipino workers in Italy

Date: 27/11/2012 - 09:56

Remittances from international migrants are a crucial component of the economy of the Philippines and a vital resource for many households, increasingly so as the prices of basic commodities skyrocket as a result of the current global financial crisis.

The latter also affects Italy, a main destination for Filipino migrants, with declining demand for workers in domestic and care services where migrants concentrate. The upshot is growing levels of indebtedness among Filipino migrants.

Betwixt and Between: Turin’s CIE

Date: 31/10/2012 - 15:28

The CIE Research Project has released the results from its comprehensive and striking human rights investigation into Turin’s immigration detention centre. On 3 October 2012 the findings in Betwixt and Between: Turin’s CIE were presented to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Mr François Crépeau, at an expert meeting held at the European University Institute in Florence. The PDF version of the report is available here.

UN Special Rapporteur urges Italy to put human rights at the core of its border management policy

Date: 08/10/2012 - 17:46

At the end of his nine-day mission to Italy, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, urged the Italian authorities to prioritise a human rights approach when dealing with irregular migration, and not to let security concerns overshadow human rights considerations. 

Human Cargo: Arbitrary readmissions from the Italian sea ports to Greece

Date: 04/07/2012 - 07:17

Thousands of protection seekers try to cross the sea from Greece to Italy every year. If they manage to arrive in Italy however, they are immediately returned to Greece without any individual assessment of their cases, without any legal safeguards, the report HUMAN CARGO - Arbitrary readmissions from the Italian sea ports to Greece by PRO ASYL and the Greek Council for Refugees has revealed.

Behind higher fences

Date: 19/06/2012 - 08:46

Do the identification and deportation centres for immigrants without residence permits (CIEs – Centri di identificazione ed Espulsione) guarantee the respect of the personal dignity and of the fundamental rights of detainees?

Nouveaux rapports de l'ECRI sur l'Islande, l'Italie, la Lettonie, le Luxembourg, le Monténégro et l'Ukraine

Date: 22/02/2012 - 08:47

L’ECRI publie aujourd’hui six nouveaux rapports sur la lutte contre le racisme, la discrimination raciale, la xénophobie, l’antisémitisme et l’intolérance en Islande, Italie, Lettonie, au Luxembourg, au Monténégro et en Ukraine. Le Président ad interim de l’ECRI, François Sant'Angelo, se satisfait des développements positifs dans tous ces pays, mais a souligné que des problèmes subsistent.

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