The toll free number 020205 has been activated in Milan to support refugees who have fled the war. Ukrainian-speaking operators will help refugees gain access to services provided by the city of Milan and local networks.
A young Afghan man made to stand trial in Greece after his six-year-old son drowned during a sea crossing has been acquitted. Another man charged with driving the boat was given a suspended sentence.
The Spanish rescue organization Open Arms’ sailing boat Astral set out on its 91st mission earlier this week. Already, it has located more than 100 migrants and transferred them to the Italian coast guard’s care.
The association Cidis is promoting a project in the area around the southern city of Caserta, in Campania, to provide bus rides to immigrant farmworkers. The farmhands get free transportation to the fields as part of efforts to figh1
Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday.