Senegal and Mauritania are key countries along the route from West Africa to the Canary Islands. In 2020, after several years of decreased usage, there was a 900 percent increase in arrivals compared to the previous year. This figure prompted Spain and European institutions to refocus their attention on these two countries. The Atlantic Route, […]
STALLED MIGRANT MOVEMENT: ASGI MISSION IN NIGER PROVIDES FOOD FOR THOUGHT AND NEW INSIGHTS
FROM 3RD TO 10TH DECEMBER 2021 ASGI CARRIED OUT ITS THIRD MISSION IN NIGER TO ANALYSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY’S MIGRATION POLICIES[1].HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION. The bottleneck of Agadez Since 2016, Niger has turned from the main hub for migrants moving between West and North Africa into a mobility bottleneck where […]
FOCUS NIGERIA
Trafficking and exploitation of Nigerian women: the impact of borders externalization policies on the right to international protection The containment of mobility from Libya and the use of so-called voluntary return programmes have a specific impact on the access to protection of migrants. This focus analyzes, through five in-depth articles, the way in which Nigerian […]
Italian NGOs activities in Libyan detention centres
A critical overview of how Italian international cooperation funds are spent.
Overview of EUTFA-funded projects implemented by International Organizations in Libya
Following two requests of information under the right of access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents concerning EUTFA-funded projects currently implemented in Libya by IOs, ASGI received unsatisfying and poorly reasoned answers from the European Union.
Overview of Italy-funded projects implemented in Libya by international organizations
ASGI (Sciabaca project) submitted a series of requests for access to public information concerning projects implemented by international and non-governmental organizations in Libya, Niger, Tunisia and Egypt, financed with Italian funds from the so called “Africa Fund”.
The Game – legal inspection in Patras (Greece) on readmissions of migrants and asylum seekers from Italy to Greece based on summary procedures
Between 26 and 30 June 2019 a team of lawyers and legal professionals, coordinated by ASGI in the context of project Sciabaca, went to Patras in order to carry out a legal observation of the local situation concerning readmissions of foreign citizens and asylum seekers from the Italian Adriatic ports to Greece based on summary […]
Second study visit to Niger: the report
From June 14 to 19, 2019 three lawyers of the Sciabaca and Oruka projects and a cultural mediator, carried out a second study visit to Niger to further investigate the findings the first mission carried out in November 2018.