Seminario: “At the edge of Europe. The phenomenon of irregular migration across the Mediterranean”. 13 ottobre – aula Pagano 2

The dramatic rise of irregular migration between che two banks of the

Mediterranean has recently re-acquired strong visibility in the public debate.

The isle of Lampedusa and the Sicilian coasts, but also the Greek ones, have

become emblematic physical and symbolic places of one of the most tragic

page of contemporary history, while migrants’ journeys have become more

difficult, because of very stringent controls, more expensive, due to the role

played by networks which provide their ‘grey’ and/or illegal services, and

more dangerous for everything that migrants increasingly risk making the

Mediterranean a sort of ‘liquid cemetery’.