On May 09, 2024, 119 refugees, including women and children, citizens of Eritrea, Egypt, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan, landed at Rome International Airport through a humanitarian corridor. The group was urgently evacuated from Libya by UNHCR.
On May 08, 2024, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Colombia, Egypt, Peru and Sri Lanka entered the list of countries considered “safe” by the Italian administration. The nationals of these States are therefore more likely to be refused international protection despite the proven persecutions in their countries.
On May 08, 2024, the plane of a German NGO defied the ban imposed by the Italian government on continuing searches for people in distress in the Mediterranean.
On May 04, 2024, the Italian NGO Emergency rescued 87 people in the central Mediterranean, including a pregnant woman and 14 minors who had left from north-west Libya. While their ship was infiltrated by water and sinking, the humanitarian boat rescued this group before transporting them to the port of Naples.
On April 29, 2024, the Italian gendarmerie arrested a group of people from Pakistan who were exploiting dozens of their compatriots and other migrants of Bangladeshi origin. The employees worked barefoot, about 10 hours a day, for an income well below minimum wage.
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