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Giansandro Merli

Giansandro Merli

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30 people died in another shipwreck on the high seas, coordinated by Italy

Analysis. Departures are increasing, NGOs are under attack, Malta is not intervening, Libya is not a safe port. Italy should begin a unilateral...

16.03.2023 10

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Open Arms attorney: Salvini delays migrant rescue until the moment of ‘imminent danger’

Interview. Since at least 2016, authorities have been increasingly tightening the lid on what happens at sea. Those who know don’t speak out for...

04.03.2023 80

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Citing ‘rules of engagement,’ no one wants responsibility for the Crotone massacre

Analysis. Italian authorities have made clear in the wake of the Crotone disaster that migrants are not to receive the same benefit of search and...

03.03.2023 30

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Italy threatens NGO ships with fines, seizures and confiscations

Analysis. The aspect dealing with asylum claims is controversial and is likely to open a new clash at the European level. The Italian effort against...

30.12.2022 10

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Italy’s new anti-NGO strategy: quickly assign a port as far away as possible

Analysis. Instead of head-on confrontation with rescue ships and their supporters, the Italian government now seems to have identified a more subtle...

22.12.2022 30

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Free to enter Salerno, a multitude on the Geo Barents bursts with relief

Reportage. ‘The first thing I will do ashore is call my mother to tell her that I am alive and far from Libya.’ The migrants aboard the Geo...

12.12.2022 20

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