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• Muslim summit in Rome looks at ways to fight radicalism

  28 July 2008, by Adnkronos
  Members of Italy’s Muslim community met on Friday to find new ways to combat extremism. The meeting, held in Rome’s main mosque, was the first of its kind to be organized by the Association of Muslim Intellectuals. "We placed attention on the need to implement strategies to prevent Islamic radicalism and foster initiatives that aim to create a more accurate image of Islam," said in a statement by the group.

• Palestinian hijacker freed in Rome

  16 July 2008, by News Agencies
  One of the hijackers of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro has been released, after serving more than two decades in an Italian jail. Ibrahim Fatayer Abdelatif was one of a group of Palestinian militants who hijacked the ship in 1985. Authorities have ordered Ibrahim to leave Italy, though his lawyer says that he has nowhere to go. Although Ibrahim has officially been expelled from Italy, he cannot leave until he finds another country that will accept him.

• Christian convert Magdi Allam reacts to Islamist death threats

  25 June 2008, by Adnkronos
  Magdi Allam, a Christian convert to Islam who has been targeted with death threats over apostasy, has expressed concern about these dangers and the fear that the perpetrators may be Italian. Allam’s fears were expressed concerning the large number of al-Qaeda inspired websites popping up on the internet, and the belief that some websites are created and maintained by Italians.

• Muslims to protest against new security measures

  2 June 2008, by Adnkronos
  Members of the Islamic community in Naples and surrounding areas are planning to protest newly proposed security measures. The package could make illegal immigration a crime and replace police officers with security personnel to patrol the streets - including soldiers.

• Italian police target foreigners in crackdown on illegal immigration

  28 May 2008, by News Agencies
  Italy’s police arrested hundreds of illegal immigrants last week in a sweep of migrant shantytowns in major Italian urban areas across the country. Nearly 400 people were arrested, and 100 were immediately expelled - most of who were Moroccans and Romanians who violated immigration laws, were involved in theft and prostitution, or drug dealing.

• La violence des mineurs à l’étranger

  13 mai 2008, par Cahiers de la sécurité
  Dossier consacré à la délinquance juvénile et à la violence des jeunes dans certains pays (Japon, Scandinavie, Italie, Brésil).

• Human rights court sides with terror suspect in deportation dispute

  2 April 2008, by News Agencies
  The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Italy would violate its obligations under the European Convention of Human rights if it deports Nassim Saadi, a Tunisian terror suspect from Italy, citing the very real risk of torture if he were to return to his home country. Human rights group Amnesty International applauded the ruling, as a «landmark» ruling on the absolute prohibition of torture, inhuman, and otherwise degrading treatment.

• Spagna et Italia nel tragico domino degli sbarchi

  13 février 2008, par Coslovi Lorenzo
  Rome et Madrid sont devenues les sentinelles d’une « forteresse Europe » assaillie par les immigrés. Le renforcement des contrôles en Méditerranée a donné des résultats importants, même s’il n’est pas parvenu à rendre les frontières imperméables. L’importance de la Libye et du Maroc dans ce nouveau dispositif de régulation.

• Migrants’ Experiences of Racism and Xenophobia in 12 EU Member States

  4 February 2008, by European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia
  This pilot study on migrants’ experiences of discrimination is based on country studies conducted between 2002 and 2005 in Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and UK. According to the study in all these countries migrants subjectively experience discriminatory practices to a significant extent.

• Mass Deportations of Asylum Seekers decided by Libyan Authorities

  22 janvier 2008, par Palidda Salvatore
  Yesterday, the government of Tripoli announced with a press release (by Jana) that « all illegal immigrants » staying in the Libyan territory will be expelled « without exception ». According to the last estimate of Libyan authorities, they are two million people. Among these many asylum seekers and refugees, women and children, coming mostly from the Horn of Africa.

• Deportazioni di massa di migranti diposte dalle autorita’ libiche

  22 gennaio 2008, di Palidda Salvatore
  Il Governo di Tripoli ha annunciato ieri con un comunicato stampa (diffuso dall’agenzia Jana) che «tutti gli immigrati illegali» presenti sul territorio nazionale saranno espulsi «senza eccezioni».

• Condemned imam in Milan

  24 December 2007, by Petti Gabriella
  Abu IMAD was found guilty for delinquency association aggravated by conspiracy for terrorism. Other 10 defendants recognized responsible for the same offence. Milan, the imam of Jenner avenue sentenced to 3 years and 8 months

• Muslim radicalism ‘on the rise’ survey finds

  13 November 2007, by Adnkronos
  A new poll shows that half of Italians believe that Islamic extremism is growing in their country and over 50% believe it to be an increasing worldwide threat. Most Italians believe that immigrants do not want to integrate, while less than one third blame the lack of Italian integrative infrastructure.

• Treaty Between the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of The Netherlands and the Portuguese Republic, establishing the European Gendarmerie Force

  22 October 2007, by Italian Republic, Kingdom of Spain, Kingdom of The Netherlands, Portuguese Republic, Republic of France
  The object of this Treaty is to establish a European Gendarmerie Force, which shall be operational, pre-organised, robust, and rapidly deployable, exclusively comprising elements of police forces with military status of the Parties, in order to perform all police tasks within the scope of crisis management operations.

• Cohesion policy 2007-2013: Commission approves first cross-border cooperation programmes

  25 September 2007, by European Commission
  The Commission has adopted a first batch of four cross-border programmes under the new cohesion policy 2007-2013. The programmes concern Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Italy, the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Commission expects to validate about 50 programmes on EU internal cross-border cooperation over the coming months, involving all Member States.

• Séminaire : Violations des droits humains aux frontieres

  9 juillet 2007, par Migreurop
  Migreurop organise à Cecina (Italie) un séminaire sur trois jours (23-24-25 juillet 2007) qui a pour thème la violation des droits de l’homme aux frontières.

• Seminar : Human rights violations at the borders

  9 July 2007, by Migreurop
  Migreurop organizes in Cecina (Italy) a 3-days seminar (July 23-24-25, 2007) on the theme of human rights violation at the borders.

• Amélioration des échanges d’informations dans le cadre de la coopération transfrontière

  19 juin 2007, par Parlement européen
  Le Parlement a adopté un rapport portant sur le transfert automatisé de profils ADN, de fichiers d’empreintes digitales et d’immatriculations de véhicules dans le cadre de la discussion commune sur la coopération transfrontière en matière de lutte contre le terrorisme et la criminalité. L’avis du Parlement est en l’espèce consultatif, mais les députés souhaitent modifier la base juridique utilisée, afin que le Conseil ne puisse passer outre ses recommandations à la majorité qualifiée.

• Respect for human rights in the fight against terrorism

  29 May 2007, by Conseil de l’Europe
  The purpose of this report drafted by the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly is to examine the way in which certain member states have responded to the terrorist threat in legislative and administrative terms and to compare these measures with the requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). It covers the anti-terrorism legislation of France, Italy, the Russian Federation, Spain and the U.K.

• I campi per stranieri in Italia

  27 febbraio 2007, di Studi emigrazione
  Dossier consacré aux camps pour étrangers en Italie : des camps de concentration pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale, aux camps de transit pour réfugiés dans l’immédiat après-guerre ; on passe ensuite aux camps d’accueil et de rééducation pour nomades, puis à l’accueil des «boat people» vietnamiens, pour arriver en 1998 à l’institution des «Centres de permanence temporaire et d’assistance - CPTA» qui servent à la rétention administrative de l’immigration illégale. Ces centres fermés sont emblématiques de la condition triste et précaire des immigrés qui tentent de pénétrer en Europe.

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