Philippe Legrain

Secondo l’economista britannico, nonché fondatore di Open Political Economy Network (OPEN), Philippe Legrain, l’apertura verso gli immigrati, oltre che ad essere moralmente giusta, è anche economicamente e culturalmente arricchente. Per Legrain la libertà di movimento, all’interno di un mondo sempre più interconnesso e globalizzato, è uno dei principali diritti da difendere e promuovere, perché solo […]

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My column for Project Syndicate

My interview on Europe’s refugee crisis with Futuri magazine.

My article on why Europe should let migrants in for Il Fatto Quotidiano, an Italian paper. Read pdf here

I was interviewed about European Spring by Rodolfo Casadei for the Italian newspaper Tempi on 25 May 2014

I was interviewed by the Italian newspaper Il Foglio on 9 April 2014, pdfs are here and here

A vessel overladen with migrants, near the Italian island of Lampedusa. Photo by Mashid Mohadjerin/ Reporters, from the World Press Photo Awards.

First they went after the gypsies… and now the vile Berlusconi government is trying to crack down on immigrants more generally. Under a proposed new law, doctors would be able to snitch on illegal immigrants they treat, while foreigners who fail to leave Italy after receiving a deportation order could be imprisoned for up to […]

I’m delighted to say that the Italian edition of Immigrants is out in January 2009. The book is published by Baldini Castoldi Dalai editore and is available for pre-order from shop.it

Net immigration to the EU – immigrants less emigrants – was 1.9 million in 2007, according to Eurostat. Since the EU population is just shy of 500 million, the immigration rate was 0.38%. Spain had the highest level of net immigration: 702,000; Italy was second, with 494,000; Britain third, with 175,000. The Netherlands experienced net […]

1. Nine young children and six adults have died, with four more in a very serious state, in the latest tragic attempt by Africans to reach Europe. Full article in Spanish at El Pais; photos here. 2. The European Parliament has passed a motion demanding that the Berlusconi government stop collecting the fingerprints of gypsies […]