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Italy

April 10, 2020

EU countries lose over £10 billion to Netherlands corporate tax haven

EU governments must make corporations pay tax based on where their employees do real work, and not where their accountants hide their profits, says the Tax Justice Network.
August 8, 2019

UNHCR concerned at new measures on rescue at sea in Central Mediterranean

The Italian Parliament has decided to convert into law a security decree that imposes more severe penalties on boats and people conducting search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean.
July 21, 2019

UN experts condemn Italy's criminalisation of migrant rescues

UN human rights experts have expressed grave concern over the detention and criminal proceedings against the German captain of the Sea-Watch 3, and said the threats to the judge who ruled her release were unlawful.
July 18, 2019

NGOs alert French prosecutor over 'illegal detention' at French-Italian border

Migrants at the French-Italian border have been illegally detained and pushed back to Italy by French border guards, says a coalition of French human rights and humanitarian organisations.
June 28, 2019

Italy urged to end restrictions on rescuing people at sea

A decree in effect since 15 June allows the interior minister to deny entry to Italian territorial waters on public order grounds. Ships who disobey the order face fines up to 50,000 euros and seizure of the ship in case of repeated offence.
May 23, 2019

UN experts condemn Italy's proposal to fine migrant rescuers

The UN experts said that should the decree enter into force, it would seriously undermine the human rights of migrants, including asylum seekers, as well as victims of torture, of trafficking in persons and of other serious human rights abuses.
March 15, 2019

Italy must urgently protect migrant workers from exploitation, say UN rights experts

Hundreds of migrant workers have been evicted from an informal settlement in Calabria.
January 21, 2019

UNHCR appalled by refugee and migrant deaths on Mediterranean Sea

The UN Refugee Agency says we cannot ignore the high numbers of people dying on Europe’s doorstep.
August 31, 2018

England behind among developed countries in funding care for older people

New report examines different approaches to long-term care in developed countries, and how they compare to the system in England.
August 15, 2018

UK rail passengers 'paying ten times more than French counterparts'

Rail union RMT says British passengers are paying more than ten times their French counterparts, and rail fares rising twice as fast as wages.