Mohamed* was just 14 years old when he left Somalia, entrusting his life to traffickers in hopes of reaching Europe. In Libya, he was tortured and almost died from tuberculosis. Thanks to a humanitarian corridor, the 17-year-old was able to transfer to Italy and receive medical care.
A total of 70 refugees from the Horn of Africa, including 13 minors, arrived in Italy on Friday through the humanitarian corridors protocol. The refugees were staying in camps in Ethiopia and suffered from worsening conditions in recent months due to the conflict in the Tigray.
InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2021/04/16
During a visit to Italy by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi, Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese expressed a willingness to step up shared initiatives for refugee reception and humanitarian corridors.
Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese met Wednesday, April 14 with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi for an in-depth discussion on issues of shared interest, especially in light of the effects of migration flows generated by a severe economic and social crisis linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The minister outlined the results achieved through consolidated collaboration with UNHCR and showed a willingness to step up these shared initiatives for refugee reception, referring in particular to the organizing of transfers via humanitarian corridors.
InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2021/04/15
French civil society groups have formalized an agreement with the French government to renew the Humanitarian Corridors protocol. The deal benefits vulnerable Iraqi and Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
A renewal of an agreement signed in Paris on April 13 seeks to resettle to France 300 refugees currently living in Lebanon.
Signatories include the French interior and foreign ministers as well as the heads of the Catholic association of Sant Egidio and the Semaines Sociales de France.
The agreement follows a 2017 memorandum of understanding that allowed 504 refugees to enter France and lays down the conditions for the identification, reception, and integration of the targeted refugees.
InfoMigrants By ANSA Published on : 2021/01/14
Several humanitarian organizations have sent an appeal to Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese. They want her to immediately allow church charities to carry out five flights to evacuate vulnerable migrants from Libya to Italy.
In a letter released on January 12, several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have asked Italian Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese to immediately grant permission to church charities to carry out five migrant evacuation flights from Libya to Italy.
The open letter was signed by sixteen organizations including Mediterranea Saving Humans, Alarm Phone and Baobab Experience as well as twenty migrant rights advocates. According to the signatories, Lamorgese s ministry has been working on the realization of a beautiful project for five evacuation flights from Libya to Italy for six months.