In a side event of the United Nations General Assembly, world leaders share their opinions and approaches to migratory and refuges flows from Africa and the Middle East into Europe.
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The Italian Prime Minister demanded Europe for changes during the opening of the United Nations summit on refugees and migrants
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Events: ReportsThe Italian American Writers Association will celebrate its 25th Anniversary in 2016. Since 1991, IAWA has given voice to writers through its literary series every second Saturday of the months. Readings begin with an Open Mic: IAWA-East is held even months at Sidewalk Café and IAWA-West continues at Cornelia Street Café on odd months.
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Naples' Mayor Luigi de Magistris talks about immigration and the ties between his city and New York
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On April 8th, the Westchester Italian Cultural Center will welcome Fred Gardaphe, Distinguished Professor of English and Italian American Studies John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, to participate in the panel In The Name of the Father and The Son: Italians Migrations in the art of Joseph and William Papaleo. Professor Gardaphe will analyze the relationship between Joseph and William Papaleo, father and son, respectively a writer and painter. Comparing two generations, which, through their own artistic perspective, have both touched upon the themes of emigration - immigration.
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Historian Peter Vellon's new book documents how the Italian immigrant press "constructed" Italian Americans
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An Off-Broadway revival of Joseph Pintauro's play Snow Orchid inspires a conversation about mental health and immigration at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute in Manhattan (co-sponsored by Calandra and the Italian Language Inter-Cultural Alliance - ILICA)
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It was night in Rome’s down-market suburb of Infernetto, and to show that immigrants are unwelcome there, rightwingers fashioned gruesome mannequins clothed all in white, and hanged them from bridge rafters over a main road. This was a local protest, but the wave of anti-immigrant feeling shows signs of penetrating into the wider population, with fallout in this weekend’s regional vote in Emilia-Romagna and Calabria
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After Italian sea rescues of almost 72,000 immigrants and its hosting of over 109,000 so far this year, at a cost of almost $12 million a month, the European Union is finally listening to Italy’s pleas for its humanitarian mission to be shared. An agreement, reached in Brussels this week between Interior Minister Angelino Alfano and EU Internal Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem, calls for Italy’s lone-wolf rescue operation to be replaced by a shared EU project to be called “Frontex Plus.” The proposal is a break-through, but not all will be smooth sailing.
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Residents and business owners plan to start patrols in the area of Porta Venezia to fight degradation of the neighborhood due to the increasing concentration of immigrants who camp out in the area.
