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Sexuality and Asylum: Progress and Ambivalence in the Netherlands, 1979–1986   The Netherlands was the first country in the world to offer refugee status to people persecuted on the basis of their sexual orientation. In this article we show that Dutch conversations on asylum on the basis of sexual orientation, while ground-breaking on paper, had [...]

  Qualitative-archival research on migration is not just preservation   Federica Manzoli, Matteo Al Kalak, Maria Chiara Rioli     Qualitative-archival research is needed to support effective policies and the work of practitioners working in the field of migration. This Open Letter helps readers to understand how this happens in different contexts, as more than 150 stakeholders among [...]

Housing Practices of Albanian Immigrants in Athens: An “in-between” Socio-Spatial Condition   Iris Polyzou, Stavros Nikiforos Spyrellis Immigrants’ access to housing is often the outcome of self-settlement practices within a context of limited social policies that often characterizes Southern European metropolises. Hence, immigrants are facing multiple constraints and remain vulnerable towards diverse socioeconomic fluctuations. This […]

A prevention approach to undocumented forms of migration across the Mediterranean Sea: a critical assessment from Italy Monica Massari, Simona Miceli, Ombretta Ingrascì   This article is aimed at providing a solid empirical basis which can inspire the development of more informed strategies in the field of prevention of undocumented forms of migration across the Mediterranean. [...]

ATLAS OF JEWISH MIGRATION IN ITALY During the modern period, the status of Jewish communities in the Italian territories underwent several changes. The right to freely settle throughout the peninsula, granted in the Middle Ages, was replaced by expulsions and the introduction of Jewish ghettos in various Italian cities. This interactive map traces the movements [...]

SENEGAL REPORT When I traveled to Senegal to meet up with so-called ‘potential migrants’ and gather their view on migration, I was torn between two feelings. On the one hand, I was delighted to have the opportunity to meet up again with the people of Koubanao, with whom I'd been in contact for almost 30 [...]

WE ARE THE MIGRANTS   “WE ARE THE MIGRANTS” is the climax in a journey which has seen the ITHACA Project build a community around a collection of stories celebrating the diver - sity at stake when exploring past and contemporary migrations. In this eBook, from Tunisia all the way to England, we sensed all [...]

Affectivity, embodied knowledge and reflexivity in creative biographical research on migration in the Mediterranean context   Author: Gianluca Gatta, Monica Massari & Simona Miceli   The biographical and reflexive turn in migration studies has challenged unidimensional and stereotyped representations of migrants and refugees’ stories and subjectivities by bringing into focus their often-marginalized voice, agency, and [...]

Housing Practices of Albanian Immigrants in Athens: An “in-between” Socio-Spatial Condition   Iris Polyzou and Stavros Nikiforos Spyrellis   Immigrants’ access to housing is often the outcome of self-settlement practices within a context of limited social policies that often characterizes Southern European metropolises. Hence, immigrants are facing multiple constraints and remain vulnerable towards diverse socioeconomic [...]

Life Taught Me to Cry (But Tears Did Not Teach Me How to Live) (IT - EN - PR)   Mohamed Reza Hosseini   Life Taught Me to Cry (But Tears Did Not Teach Me How to Live) by Mohammad Reza Hosseini was one of the finalist stories of the national diary contest DiMMi-Diari multimediali [...]