POSTS ABOUT MIGRATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

Below is a list of my posts on migration in the Mediterranean, in chronological order with the most recent first. You will see that this is far from a new phenomenon - it didn't begin with the "Arab Spring" or with civil war in Syria - and that I started writing about it in 2006. Naturally, living where I do, I have focused on the situation as it affects Italy, and Sicily in particular. Among these posts there are tales of tragedy but you will also find stories of generosity, humanity, bravery and love.

Summer tides, 2017 - 11.6.17
A week of contrasts - 1.6.17
Sombre days and dreams - 25.5.17
An award for a humanitarian - 22.4.17
Paschal tides - 17.4.17
An irony and an initiative - 11.4.17
Spring tides, 2017 - 24.3.17
Autumn tides, 2016, 4 - 9.11.16
Autumn tides, 2016, 3 - 4.11.16
Autumn tides, 2016, 2 - 28.10.16
Autumn tides, 2016 - 5.10.16
"Every man who is a man" - 3.10.16
Much ado to bring about nothing - 21.9.16
Summer tides, 2016, 5 - 30.8.16
The heart of Italy - 19.8.16
Summer tides, 2016, 4 - 3.8.16
And still they die - 26.7.16
Summer tides, 2016, 3 - 27.5.16
Summer tides, 2016, 2  - 26.5.16
Summer Tides, 2016 - 25.5.16
Two simple questions - 30.4.16
Sicily Scene revisited: migration - 19.4.16
Solidarity - 18.3.16
A different arrival on Lampedusa - 24.2.16
Recognition - 13.11.15
Autumn tides 2015 - 28.10.15
Sabato musicale: In memoriam - 3.10.15
Words on migration - 26-9-15
Summer shame - 3.9.15
Summer sorrow, 4 - 28.8.15
Summer sorrow, 3 - 17.8.15
Ferragosto thoughts on migration - 14.8.15
Summer sorrow, 2 - 7.8.15
Summer sorrow - 5.8.15
World Day against Human Trafficking - 30.7.15
Summer tides, 2015, 3 - 14.7.15
Summer tides, 2015, 2 - 26.6.15
Summer tides, 2015 - 9.6.15
Some proposals and a refusal - 15.5.15
Gift; a migration story - 6.5.15
Aftermath 2015 - 21.4.15
Hecatomb - 19.4.15
Spring tides 2,  2015 - 17.4.15
Spring tides 2015 - 14.4.15
Easter tides - 7.4.15
Yet again - 4.3.15
A rescue and some thoughts - 18.2.15
"A tragedy on an enormous scale" - 11.2.15
Mediterranean tragedy again - 9.2.15
Autumn tides 2 - 18.11.14
A new beginning? - 3.11.14
A day of remembrance - 3.10.14
Autumn tides - 15.9.14
Boat of hope - 8.9.14
Help at last? - 29.8.14
Words and deeds? - 26.8.14
Summer tides 8 - 21.8.14
An honour for the Navy? - 13.8.14
Hoist with your own....selfie - 7.8.14
Book review: Nasser, da clandestino a cittadino - 2.8.14
Summer tides 7 - 31.7.14
Summer tides 6 - 22.7.14
Summer tides 5 - 9.7.14
Summer tides 4: a tragedy - 30.6.14
Summer tides 3 - 22.6.14
Summer tides 2 - 10.6.14
Summer tides - 3.6.14
Another farewell - 29.5.14
Spring tides 7 - 12.5.14
Spring tides 6 - 9.5.14
Spring tides 5 - 29.4.14
Spring tides 4 - 11.4.14
Spring tides 3 - 10.4.14
Spring tides update - 20.3.14
Spring tides - 19.3.14
Migration update: A protest - 22.1.14
Migration update: "In a civilised country" - 17.12.13
Migration update: Mare Nostrum - 11.12.13
Mediterranean migration update:  Justice? - 12.11.13
Dona Nobis Pacem 2013 - 4.11.13
Migration update: a proposal and a question - 29.10.13 "Time to tear off the mask" - 22.10.13
A hillside in Agrigento - 18.10.13
Sorrow in Scicli - 16.10.13
Mediterranean migration update - 11.10.13
Sabato musicale; for the lost - 5.10.13
The day of tears - 4.10.13
"A European tragedy" - 3.10.13
Tragedy at Sampieri - 1.10.13
A sad tale of the sea - 23.9.13
Tragedy in Catania - 13.8.13
The refugee's gift - 4.9.13
Stranded at sea - 9.8.13
A very special visitor - 8.7.13
Sea of sadness: 2 - 19.6.13
Sea of sadness - 6.6.13
Update on Lampione tragedy - 9.9.12
Another tragedy at sea - 7.9.12
Lampedusa reaches out - 13.6.12
Migration update, 2012 - 21.3.12
From migrant to model - 27.6.11
Migration update: a welcome visitor - 21.6.11
Migration update: another controversial visitor - 2.6.11
Migration update - 9.5.11
Migration update: an island with a heart - 15.4.11
Sabato musicale - 9.4.11
Migration update - 8.4.11
Migration update - 31.3.11
Migration update - 20.3.11
Migration update and a controversial visitor - 15.3.11
German woman among migrants fleeing Tunisia - 9.3.11
Migration update - 4.3.11
A humanitarian emergency and two tragedies - 13.2.11
Sicilian fishing boat strafed in Gulf of Sirte - 14.9.10
A sadder tale of the sea - 12.8.09
United by grief - 28.1.09
A happy ending? - 26.9.08
We all stink - 24.9.08
Mare di frontiera - 27.8.08
Politics and tragedy - 27.7.08
Il silenzio del mare - 17.6.08
In peril on the sea - 1.5.08
More serious matters - 12.9.07
Unrest on Lampedusa - 19.8.07
More deaths at sea - 14.8.07
A shocking statistic - 2.8.07
Immigration in Lampedusa - 22.7.07
And still they come - 22.7.07
Fatti di cronaca - 14.5.07
Jet-skiing towards Fortress Europe - 1.12.06
Internal emigration again  - 8.9.06
Still they come - 25.8.06
Another boat, another tragedy - 29.7.06
More fatti di cronaca - 28.7.06
An election result and consequential thoughts - 31.5.06