Unaccompanied Minors in Italy in 2016

More than 25,000 unaccompanied minors have reached Italy in 2016. With more than 1 million registered children without Italian citizenship and 815,000 children aged more than 5 enrolled in Italian schools, the presence of foreign-born children in Italy is a consolidated...

Reshaping the External Dimension of EU Asylum Policy: the Difficult Quest for a Comprehensive Approach

Reshaping the External Dimension of EU Asylum Policy: the Difficult Quest for a Comprehensive Approach by Roberto Cortinovis. Paper, January 2017 The increasingly protracted character of many displacement situations worldwide has led the international community to introduce...

World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2017

ISMU Press release Worl Day of Migrants and Refugees 2017 Focus on Unaccompanied Minors Milan, 13/01/2017 As this year’s World Day of Migrants and Refugees focuses on vulnerable minors, it is important to look at the significant increase in the number of of unaccompanied minors...

February 15th: Deadline abstract for ESA Conference – Athens 2017

Athens, 29 August – 1 September 2017 European Sociological Association Conference www.esa13thconference.eu Research Network 16 “Sociology of Health and Illness” Sssion Forced Migrations, Health, Policy. Challenges for Europe   Deadline The deadline has been...

Migrant Integration in Sweden. Main Emerging Issues from the Fieldwork

Migrant Integration in Sweden. Main Emerging Issues from the Fieldwork by Veronica Riniolo Sweden is currently undergoing crucial changes, such as the growing support for its populist and far-right party (Sweden Democrats), the diffusion of ‘welfare chauvinism’, according to...

Conclusions of the European Council

MIGRATIONS December, 15 Just a few days after the Conclusions on integration of TCN the European Council adopted those on migration. Among the topics: external and internal dimensions, security and relocation of asylum seekers with a specific focus on UAMS. SEE MORE  INTEGRATION...

Austrian election: the world of today without Hofer

The present news brief is published in the framework of Fondazione ISMU’s strategic line of research Immigration and the future of Europe by Pierre Georges Van Wolleghem “Our fathers were comfortably saturated with confidence in the unfailing and binding power of tolerance and...

The role of Caregivers in the Italian Welfare System

The Role of Caregivers in the Italian Welfare System by Veronica Merotta. Paper, August 2016 Over the recent years caregivers have become increasingly important in the Italian society in meeting the growing family demand for care that public administrations often underestimate or...

A picture of Hungary migration context after the referendum failure

A picture of Hungary migration context after the referendum failure by Livia Ortensi. Fact sheet, October 2016 The present paper is published in the framework of Fondazione ISMU’s strategic line of research Immigration and the future of Europe On October 2016 a referendum...

What just happened in Hungary? Ambiguous victory or ambiguous defeat?

The present news brief is published in the framework of Fondazione ISMU’s strategic line of research Immigration and the future of Europe   by Pierre Van Wolleghem What just happened in Hungary? Ambiguous victory or ambiguous defeat? The past couple of months have been rich in...

The Twenty-first Italian Report on Migrations 2015

The Twenty-first Italian Report on Migrations 2015 Edited by Vincenzo Cesareo The Twenty-first Italian Report on Migration in Italy is now available in English. The report analyses new migration scenarios that are emerging in Italy and elsewhere in Europe. It highlights how, in...

The UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants

On 19 September 2016, the United Nations General Assembly has hosted its first High-Level Summit to Address Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants with the aim of bringing countries together behind a more humane and coordinated approach to addressing the worst refugee crisis...