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Migrants boats abandoned on the beach of the island of Lampedusa, the destination of the flows of many migrants from North African States
© UN Photo
migration

Constitutional Court: the punishment provided by the "Decreto Cutro" for death or injury in migrant smuggling is not disproportionate, judgement 120/2026

© by matt hrkac is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
migration

New European Pact on Migration and Asylum: the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) expresses concern over protection of human rights

Italian constitutional court logo
health

Constitutional Court: legally residing foreign nationals with disabilities are entitled to free enrollment in the National Health Service, judgement 97/2026

A sea rescue by the Sea-Watch team
© Marcus Wiechmann/Sea-Watch.Org
migration

Fundamental rights and legal challenges of the NGO search and rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean

Migrants
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trafficking in human beings

United Nations: report by the High Commissioner for Human Rights identifies migrant and stateless minors as among those most vulnerable to trafficking

Sea Watch
© Wolfgang Fricke
migration

Sea-Watch files criminal complaints against the Libyan coast guard

Abandoned migrant boats lie lifeless opposite the port of Lampedusa, Italy, an island which experiences frequent migration from nearby North Africa. Boats like this one are dumped on wasteland once they are recovered by the Italian Coast Guard.
© UN Photo/UNHCR/Phil Behan
migration

FRA: updated Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration - 2026 edition

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in a meeting
Council of Europe

Council of Europe: The Chișinău Declaration Between State Sovereignty and the protection of human rights

Refugees in detention facility
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freedom of expression

Freedom House: published special report “Collaboration and Resistance: Tracking Transnational Repression in 2025”

migration

A fresh decree-law amends the security decree-law on rewarding lawyers for favouring migrants' voluntary return. But the measure is still flawed

Senato italiano
© Fratello.Gracco
migration

The provision of the security decree that "rewards" lawyers for facilitating the voluntary return of their clients undermines legal professional ethics and the rule of law

Advocates disrupt transfer of asylum seekers from Villawood
© Kate Ausburn
migration

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights alerts to the undermining of human rights in the upcoming EU Returns Regulation

A person in a wheelchair stands with arms raised on top of a mountain
people with disability

New Observatory for Persons with Disabilities with a Migrant Background

Syrian and Iraqi refugees arrive from Turkey to Skala Sykamias, Lesbos island, Greece. Volunteers (life rescue team - with yellow-red clothes) from the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms help the refugees.
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Italy

Cutro shipwreck trial: an opportunity for Italy to secure truth and justice

Council of Europe

Council of Europe: meeting of Ministers of Justice to discuss shared solutions within the Human Rights framework on migration challenges