Migrant Deaths in Mediterranean Continue Regardless of Global Compact

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The U.N. and the Responsibility to Protect: What about Migrants and Refugees?

While Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini was in Libya advocating for the creation of the new camps, the U.N. headquarters was discussing the responsibility to protect. But when Secretary-General António Guterres was speaking, the migrants futures were out of the...

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Italy Closes Ports to Migrants and Guterres Indicates the Sin but not the Sinner

byValentina Zavala-Arbelaez

When asked about Italy's migration policies violating international law, the Secretary-General stated that "countries have the right to manage their borders... should do it in full respect for international refugee law.” However, once again, he never explicitly stated that Italy...

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For U.N. Envoy Salamé, Libya’s Stability Needs More Time. But is Italy’s Time Up?

byValentina Zavala-Arbelaez

Head of U.N. Support Mission in Libya Ghassan Salamé indicates stability is far-along. Could the new incoming Italian government's anti-immigrant plans continue to further instability? Meanwhile, Ambassador Nikki Haley shows a newfound U.S. commitment to bettering Libya's situation.

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UNICEF Thanks Italy’s Rescue of Migrants, but Warns Rome on its New NGO Code of Conduct

byNirvani Williams

A statement from UNICEF stated that the Italian government's newly proposed code of conduct would prevent NGO vessels from entering Libyan waters to complete rescues and bar them from making phone calls or firing flares to signal their location to...