Press release

Rome, 25 February 2014 – Medici per i Diritti Umani (MEDU) makes public national data on the Centres for Identification and Expulsion (CIE) for the year 2013. According to the State Police, overall in 2013, 6.016 migrants (5.431 men and 585 women) have been detained in Italian CIEs. Less than...
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Photo: Kami Fares Over a hundred accounts collected from migrants, both adult and underage, detailing their experiences of summary readmission from Italy to Greece. Italy does not safeguard the basic human rights of the migrants, especially asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors. Rome, November 28th 2013 – Medici per i Diritti...
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Do the Italian Centres for Identification and Expulsion (CIEs) truly demonstrate respect for the dignity and basic human rights of the migrants detained within them? Fifteen years from its creation, what is the true effectiveness of the administrative detention system in combating irregular immigration? Do other, less harsh tools to...
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Report on the identification and deportation centre of Ponte Galeria in Rome “They call us guests. However we are guests who are not allowed to have a comb, a book or a pen to write”. Alì, detainee in Ponte Galeria Centre Do the identification and deportation centres for immigrants without...
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