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Italy Closes Its Eyes to Sealed Mouths

By Silvia Giannelli
“We walk inside an area that is 128 steps long and seven-and-a-half steps wide. This is the path they made for us: two metres of bars over our heads, and upon the bars, two metres of plexiglas. We are like canaries in a cage, like birds of different races all in one cage.”

Australian Detention Centres Risk Violating Human Rights

By Lawrence Del Gigante
Australia's recent decision to move asylum seekers to offshore detention facilities has alarmed human rights organisations.
Outer wall of immigrant detention centre in Málaga. Credit: Inés Benítez/IPS

Notorious Immigrant Detention Centre Closed in Spain

By Inés Benítez
The closure of one of Spain’s eight immigration detention centres on Wednesday was celebrated by human rights groups, which for years have denounced the prison-like conditions in the centres.


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