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A white building from the outside - the word 'pace' is painted on the front

17 Apr 2022 5 minute read

Inside the ‘arsenal of peace’

As volunteers prepare aid for Ukrainian refugees, Simone Lai reports from Italy’s largest arms factory –...

The entrance graffiti of the Ex-Caserma Livorno. Credit: Stefania D'Ignoti

2 Apr 2020 6 minute read

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‘Socially dangerous’ for having fought off ISIS

Stefania D’ignoti speaks to a group of volunteers met with hostility and legal persecution after returning...

13 Jun 2019 5 minute read

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Life after the Salvini Decree

Barney Cullum speaks to a Sudanese victim of Italy’s recently passed law that abolishes ‘humanitarian...

3 Jan 2019 3 minute read

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Who is Matteo Salvini?

Matteo Salvini, Italy’s ‘refugee drowner-in-chief’, is put under the spotlight.

29 Jul 2018 4 minute read

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EU migration deal, is it the answer?

Can we still talk of a ‘migration crisis’ in the EU? Nando Sigona asks.

13 Jun 2018 2 minute read

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Mixed Media: Film

The Ciambra directed and written by Jonas Carpignano;
In the Fade...

New Interior Minister and League leader Matteo Salvini with the leader of the M5S, Italy's Minister of Labor and Industry Luigi Di Maio, at the Quirinal palace in Rome, Italy, June 1, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Tony Gentile

4 Jun 2018 5 minute read

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Don’t call them populists

Brace yourself for years of rightwing politics in Italy. Alessio Perrone writes.

What do Italy’s election results mean for migrants?

7 Mar 2018 6 minute read

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What Italy’s election results mean for migrants

The election results come as no surprise after a campaign marked by racist violence, argues ...

Electoral posters in Via d’Alviano, Milan. From left to right: Liberi e Uguali’s (‘Free and Equal’), three right-wing posters, and a centrist one.

2 Mar 2018 6 minute read

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Where is Italy’s Left?

In this election, Italians are without a strong Left prospect, reports Alessio Perrone.

Musa Fata's social media feed shows a life of ease and abundance.

8 Jan 2018 3 minute read

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Kids at work: a migrant in Italy

Sophia Seymour and Daisy Squires shine a light on Musa Fata, a Gambian...

EU border towns: Migrants sleeping under Via Europa, the bridge linking Italy and France in the border town of Ventimiglia. Photo by Fotomovimiento

18 Dec 2017 5 minute read

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(Dead) end of the journey: when migrants reach border towns

Europe’s response to migration: more police, more walls – for no reason. Alex Fusco writes.

11 Apr 2017 4 minute read

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Europe abandons the Roma in Italy

‘They are throwing us on the street like dogs,’ says one person. Catrinel Motoc reports.

2 Feb 2017 4 minute read

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A bee-friendly path to a healthier future

In Italy, organic farmers are helping to keep pollinators – and crops – flourishing.

2 Dec 2016 5 minute read

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Italy referendum: the next stop on the runaway populist train?

Darren Loucaides reports on Italy’s referendum on constitutional reform and its consequences for the country...

5 Nov 2015 6 minute read

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Lampedusa – battered by the winds, gasping for air

Antoine Cassar describes the solidarity and suffocation experienced on the Mediterranean island.

27 May 2015 4 minute read

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Death in the Mediterranean

Migrant search-and-rescue operations are fraught with danger. Tim Baster and Isabelle Merminod...

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