An effort to collect signatures in support of a better migration policy in Italy has been hugely successful - even winning the endorsement of Pope Francis.
Giulio Regeni, the Cambridge student researching trade unions in Egypt, was found dead nine days after his disappearance on January 25, 2016. His body, showing signs of torture, was found on the side of the highway...
Under the current law, obtaining Italian citizenship as a second-generation immigrant is almost impossible, meaning there are over 800,000 "orphans of citizenship." The long-awaited reform of the citizenship law,...
More than 2,000 migrants have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean to to Europe so far this year, following three more shipwrecks that were announced on World Refugee Day. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said 129...
The situation of refugees is not just the political issue that the general public has come to know - it is and always will be a human issue. To celebrate World Refugee Day, Italy is holding a series of eye-opening events across the country.
The campaign "I was a stranger, and you welcomed me" was launched by many civil society organizations (including CILD) to collect signatures for a new legal proposal that fosters better reception, inclusion and...
Neither the general public nor penitentiary authorities give enough attention to the specific needs of female detainees in Italian prisons.
The season of Pride parades opened this weekend in Rome and will continue all summer across Italy. Gabriele Piazzoni, ArciGay’s president, underlines the necessity of such public manifestations, for individuals, but...
For thousands of refugees, mainly from Africa, the volunteer-ran Baobab Center in Rome was the first stop to find some rest and protection. Although most of them stay only a few days before continuing their journey to...
Rome's mayor, a member of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, has asked Italy's government not to send more migrants to the city. In her request, which follows a very disappointing showing for her party in the...
