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“Unfair Land”, a report on working and living conditions of foreign agricultural workers, was released in April 2015. The report was produced by MEDU – Medici per i Diritti Umani (Doctors for human rights) in collaboration with the Association for Judicial Studies on Immigration (Asgi) and the Laboratory of Theory...
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Rome, June 11 th 2015 – Medici per i Diritti Umani -MEDU- (Doctors for Human Rights) releases the report on the CARA of Mineo reception center for asylum seekers) which was submitted on May the 25th to the Italian Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on Detention and Reception Conditions of migrants....
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The report “UNFAIR LAND. REPORT ON THE WORKING AND LIVING CONDITIONS OF FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL WORKERS” denounces the exploitation of migrant work in agriculture: off- the – books jobs, grievously irregular employment, sub-minimum wage employment, illegal recruitment, excessively long working , lack of safety and of proper health conditions, barriers to...
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The living, working and sanitary conditions of the several thousand migrants who arrive at the Piana di Gioia Tauro every year to harvest citrus fruits are consistently appalling (see VIDEO, see PHOTOS). In one month, 150 agricultural workers have been assisted by the mobile clinic of MEDU. They are mainly...
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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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[social_button button=”facebook” furl=”http://www.mediciperidirittiumani.org/en/the-cie-archipelago-inquiry-into-the-italian-centres-for-identification-and-expulsion/” flayout=”button_count” fwidth=”450″ faction=”like” fcolorsheme=”light”] INTRODUCTION “What is important is something else, knowing what can be done (…) We can, at best, persuade. From the moment we persuade, we win, That is, we establish a situation of change which is difficult to counter.” Franco Basaglia1 , Brasilian Conferences2...
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[social_button button=”facebook” furl=”http://www.mediciperidirittiumani.org/en/behind-higher-fences/” flayout=”button_count” fwidth=”450″ faction=”like” fcolorsheme=”light”] Report on the identification and deportation centre of Ponte Galeria in Rome FOREWORD This report is the outcome of a visit to the identification and deportation centre of Ponte Galeria by a team of Medici per i Diritti Umani (MEDU) on 22 February...
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Report on the Ponte Galeria (Rome) identification and deportation centre for immigrants without residence permits Inadequate to protect the dignity of detainees and to guarantee their fundamental rights. Clearly ineffective in achieving the goals that justify it (i.e. the identification and the repatriation of the detainees), even after the extension...
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