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Second generation Romans in multicultural Italy

('Anj',) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:58:29 -0000

The facts point out that they are important for the country’s economic growth, but they are still stigmatised by the ruling class and forgotten by the law - what do young Romans Puia, Fatou, Queenia and Franck say?

Fare dodger, stowaway or free rider?

('English language version of cafebabel.com',) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:15:00 -0000

Does the Arab uprising mean more 'stowaways' for Europe? Why does a stowaway in French mean the same thing as a fare dodger? Why is fare dodging in Italy called 'pulling a Portuguese'? Expression of the week

Summer of riots: French of 'foreign origin' to lose citizenship, president warns

('Sarah Truesdale',) — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:30:00 -0000

'French nationality should be stripped from anybody who has threatened the life of a police officer or anybody involved in public policing,' announced Nicolas Sarkozy on 30 July. A Frenchman looks at how the European media react

Italy fails in integrating migrants

('euro topics',) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:09:06 -0000

The clashes between african harvest workers and locals in the southern Italian city of Rosarno have unleashed a debate on the treatment of immigrants in the country. Italy has done far too little to integrate foreign migrants, commentators argue. The French, Italian and Greek press react

Italian 'White Christmas' gift campaign: if you're an immigrant in Coccaglio, get out

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0000

A cleaning operation will have to be completed by 25 December in Coccaglio, a small town in the province of Brescia. It does not involve getting the house in order for christmas dinner, but to evict all immigrants who cannot renew their residence permits by that date. A really nice Christmas present christened 'White Christmas' by the Brescia council

Magyd Cherfi: 'identity and national is a collusion that I don’t get'

('Susannah Readett-Bayley',) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:10:00 -0000

Singing about these issues in concert is something of a déjà vu that the French singer and militant can do without, he says. Interview

In 20 years, immigrant number in the Netherlands triples

('Cristina Rojo',) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:41:25 -0000

Five years after a Dutch man of Moroccan origins murdered Theo van Gogh in a fanatical attack, the word ’immigration’ is still hot on national lips. A focus taking in the Zuidoost immigrant neighbourhood through to the Schiphol airport detention centre

European expats in New York job illegally

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0000

For those seeking adventure in Manhattan and co, the restaurant business offers an easily-found job and good money thanks to the tipping culture - a stack of advantages, that is, for those who want to live beneath the law

Italian far-right on Facebook: 'kill them all in Zingonia'

("naomi o'leary",) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:45:00 -0000

On Facebook, the group ‘Let’s invade Zingonia and kill them all’ has gathered 700 members. Volunteer teacher Miriam talks about how spiralling anti-immigrant rhetoric is making life difficult for Italy’s new arrivals

Backstage: story of a Senegalese street vendor in Rome

('Alexandra Baxter',) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:25:14 -0000

‘La petite vendeuse de soleil’ is a moving film first shown at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival in the 'director's fortnight' category. It tells the story of a young Senegalese girl who is a street vendor for the newspaper ‘Soleil’, a common job for immigrants living in European cities. Off the cinema screens, we meet Ndjogou Thiongane in Rome, who accompanies us on a visit to the great mosque, and tells us his own story

Migrants keep coming to Seville, Spain and the rest of Europe

('Thomas Gam Nielsen',) — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:00:04 -0000

But their rights as workers and humans are at stake, while the status of illegal or legal are being sorted out

Henri Braun: the French are less racist than their government; but are the Italians

('Michelle Williams',) — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:35:51 -0000

The lawyer and human rights league member, 40, has been passionate about his job since adolescence, when the debate about abolishing the death penalty began in France in 1981. Immigration policy, the 'crime' of illegal workers and the dangers of Europe's strength

Vincennes detention centre: the restrictions of migratory policies

('Helen Swain',) — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:00:00 -0000

The situation for clandestine immigrants in Sarkozy's France is critical: 26, 000 expulsions were made in 2008, and 30,000 are required in 2009. This report is from the Vincennes detention centre in the outskirts of Paris

Greek islands: a new Eldorado for clandestine immigrants

('Helen Swain',) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:00:00 -0000

The influx of clandestine immigrants to Italy and Spain has drastically reduced; the eastern Aegean Sea has become the new destination for illegal migrants

Lorenzo Mattoti: ‘Everyone is always scared of profundity in comic books’

('Matthew Pagett',) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0000

The Paris-based colourful comic book artist, 54, has been published in many of Europe's national papers. Italian view on comics today

Hunger strike for illegal immigrants in Belgium

('Sarah Gray',) — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:29:00 -0000

162 protestors have came to a provisional deal with the government - but they haven't eaten for 50 days

Photos: living on the street in Paris

('Natalia Sosin',) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0000

The homeless and immigrants - those select few that Parisians would perhaps rather not see, at least at Christmas time. Neither indifference nor presidential words will make this 'problem' disappear

Didier Awadi: 'Artists too often have big egos'

('Kate Stansfield',) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0000

The Senegalese hip hop pioneer, 38, invites his fellow rappers to speak out and campaign for a harmonious continent with his latest album 'Presidents of Africa'. Plus an exclusive video interview from Dakar

From China and the Middle East with love in Bucharest

('Luciana Grosu',) — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:00:00 -0000

Shopping around the city’s northern Europa complex, where two migrant businessmen from the Romanian capital’s integrated communities discuss leaping and boundng with the EU's eight-month old member state