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We talked to a group of Ivorian women composed of 11 individuals; with them 4 children of whom 2 were young twins. “It’s difficult to understand where we are, what is happening, we are still traumatized. We went through a lot in Libya”. We ask them to talk about something....
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From the Medu clinical team operating during the disembarkation in Pozzallo The general conditions of migrants are good, even if two persons have been immediately hospitalized (one for skin burns) At the time of disembarkation, the same persons, identified as the most vulnerable by our psychologist, have been also questioned...
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A few days ago, a grotesque controversy broke out over the number of migrants who died in the Mediterranean Sea following Minister Salvini’s statements, who, defending his anti-landing policy, recklessly stated: “In 2019 there were only two deaths in the Mediterranean”. In a subsequent tweet then the minister published, in...
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L’umanità è scomparsa Sulle rotte migratorie del XXI secolo (Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore) Preface by Massimiliano Aragona  In every generation there is a time in which all certainties crumble, and humanity seems to disappear. MEDU’s book “L’umanità è scomparsa” (litt. “Humanity has disappeared”) by Alberto Barbieri and colleagues tells the...
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Rome, 28 September 2018 – Medici per i Diritti Umani (Medu) condemns the Salvini bill on security and immigration as a dangerous ideological measure, but above all of little intelligence as it will prevent migrants’ integration and decrease the overall public security. There are many critical points in the bill, but...
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  EXODI 2017 Rome, October 18th, 2017 – Medici per i Diritti Umani /Doctors for Human Rights (MEDU) presents EXODI 2017 the new web map on migratory routes from sub-Saharan countries to Europe.  photo NARCISO CONTRERAS EXODI is an interactive map based on 2,600 testimonies collected by Medici per i...
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EXODI 2017 Migratory routes from sub-Saharan countries to Europe The new web map told by migrants Thursday October 5th, at 11 am Sala stampa estera, vie dell’Umiltà 83 Rome 2000 testimonies in almost four years, out of those 1000 just in the last year. Through the stories and video testimonies...
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  OXFAM, MEDU e BORDELINE SICILIA : “ABUSES, TORTURES AND ILLEGAL IMPRISONMENTS IN THE LIBYAN HELL” A new report reveals the brutalities inflicted daily to migrants by local militia, traffickers and criminal gangs Urgent call for the revocation of the Italy- Libya agreement and for a change of direction in...
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The interactive web map is built upon the testimonies of 1.000 migrants coming from Eritrea, Gambia, Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Sudan and other Sub-Saharan Countries.Five major routes departing from West Africa or the Horn of Africa and leading to Europe through Algeria, Libya and Egypt are described. Concerning...
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