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Why doesn’t Italy register the fingerprints of Syrians?

When a person wants to ask for asylum in a country member of the EU, this person can ask for it only once on European territory. Once here, this person is allowed to ask for asylum only in the first country of the Union that it enters. People who arrive to Italy by sea have, […]

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What are the finger prints and who are the ‘Dubliners’?

The Dublin regulation states that asylum seekers who arrive to Europe need to apply for protection in the first country that they enter. In order for this to be checked on, their fingerprints and photos will be taken and inserted in a database called Eurodec. Like this every time that someone applies for asylum in […]

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If people cannot ask for asylum through embassies, what does it mean when we say that Sweden has opened its doors to Syrian refugees?

Between 2012 and 2013 Sweden, declaredthat it would grant political asylum to all Syrians who would have applied for it. Other countries, like Norway, Germany, The Netherlands and France made a similar promise accepting a limited number of requests. To ask for political asylum means to ask protection and shelter to a state because of fear or […]

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If flying is less expensive than taking the boats, why do Syrians come to Europe through the sea?

Most people think that who arrives in Italy through the sea does it because they do not have enough money to pay for an airplane or because they want to try escaping controls at the border. Let’s prove these myths wrong right away by saying that a one-way ticket from Egypt or Libya to Northern Europe […]

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Amici di Homs
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Cinque amici di Homs.

In moschea a Catania incontriamo cinque ragazzi tra i venti e trent’anni provenienti da Homs. Stanno seduti sulle panchine della piazzetta davanti alla moschea in calzoni e ciabatte, in una mano la sigaretta nell’altra un bicchiere di tè caldo. Provano uno skateboard abbandonato nei giardinetti accanto, cadono, ridono. Tra chi fugge dalla guerra è raro […]

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Ibrahim e Walala

Ibrahim e Walala sono due sposi innamorati. Lui alto e distinto, lei più piccola e tonda, la pelle lucida, gli occhi non smettono di brillare e nel guardarsi continuano a sorridere di gioia. Sono partiti insieme a tanti altri dalla Libia, compiendo la lunga traversata del Mediterraneo. All’arrivo sono stati però divisi e hanno perso traccia […]

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On the road to Sweden
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Verso nord senza lasciare impronte

Ai migranti che arrivano in Europa viene imposto di essere registrati nel sistema Eurodac, database europeo delle impronte digitali, con la rilevazione delle stesse. Chi fugge da persecuzioni, da torture o dalla guerra può chiedere un permesso di soggiorno per motivi umanitari facendo domanda di asilo politico. Secondo il regolamento di Dublino, regolamento dell’Unione Europea, si […]

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