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Lampedusa

How Not to Solve the Refugee Crisis

A case of mistaken identity leads to the prosecution of an ordinary Eritrean for human smuggling.

Ben Taub New Yorker Jul 2017 20min Permalink

World Travel

Everyone Is an Immigrant

On the Italian island Lampedusa— “politically Europe, but geographically Africa”—as a wave of African immigrants is due to arrive from Libya by boat, ruining the tourist season.

Eliza Griswold Poetry Jan 2012 20min Permalink

World

From Africa to Kent: Following in the Footsteps of Migrants

Tracing the steps of migrants from the Middle East and Africa to the Kent countryside.

Daniel Trilling New Statesman Dec 2014 20min Permalink