On December 2018, the Italian Parliament issued a new migration law n. 132, strongly advocated by the Minister of Interior, Matteo Salvini, and supported by the Conte Government. The law introduces many important changes. Here, we focus on the one that affects the situation of our guests more directly: the abolition of the humanitarian protection. […]

On 15 March 2019, the EUI Refugee Initiative organised a theatre workshop at the EUI together with the Italian cooperative Officine Cavane. It is a unique community based in the countryside near San Miniato, Pisa, where more than 40 asylum seekers live and take part in creative workshops and the fostering of the shared space. […]

(Italian version below) On Sunday 27 January, a small delegation from the EUI Refugee Initiative (EUIRI) consisting of both volunteers and guests of the project headed to San Miniato (Pisa), precisely to Cavane, situated in Pisa’s industrial plain. Cavane is a small treasure in this wasteland, an excellent outcome of the combined effort between local […]

On 24 December 2018, our guests participated in the “Pranzo in Amicizia”, a Christmas Eve collective lunch organised by Società Culturale Arnaldo Fortini of Assisi. Just like every year since 2012, the event took place in the historical Palazzo Vallemani in Assisi with over 120 guests participating. The aim of this annual lunch is to […]

The by now traditional EUI-RSCAS Christmas Swap Market is again collecting for the EUI Refugee Initiative. A great occasion for many a groovy gear to find a new owner and catch a second wind. So far it raised over 300 EUR! Totes amazeballs! It’s still on until tomorrow morning (13th) . So come, swap and […]