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[en] Turin’s ExMoi occupation: the story so far

Posted on 2015/01/21 by Struggles in Italy

The story of ExMoi begins with two open wounds: the countless empty buildings in Turin, and the countless refugees living on Italian streets and in Italian train stations. Back in 2006, the Turin municipality and the national government spent over … Continue reading →

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[en] Ancona’s centre-left city council evicts housing occupation

Posted on 2014/02/28 by Struggles in Italy

On 5 February 2014 Ancona’s centre-left city council evicted refugees and homeless people from the Casa de Nialtri housing occupation. The Casa was a former infant school (disused for three years) which had been occupied on 22 December by people from a … Continue reading →

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[en] The Lampedusa Charter

Posted on 2014/02/05 by Struggles in Italy

Over the past weekend (31 January – 2 February), a large number of North African and European associations, movements and networks concerned with migrants’ issues met on the Italian island of Lampedusa. The aim was to put together a charter … Continue reading →

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[en] The current situation of North African refugees in Italy

Posted on 2013/05/05 by Struggles in Italy

On February 28th 2013, the Italian Government declared the end of the so-called North African Emergency. Almost 17,000 refugees have managed to obtain a temporary residence permit since the exceptional wave of immigration began in 2011, following the Arab Spring. … Continue reading →

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