Italy’s government has declared a six-month national state of emergency to cope with asylum seekers reaching its southern shores. The state of emergency was announced right after Easter weekend, during which around 2,000 people arrived by boat on the Italian island of Lampedusa. The only other time a state of emergency was activated over migration in Italy was in 2011 under the Berlusconi government in the wake of the Arab Spring.
Guest of the episode: Giulia Messmer, Sea-Watch
Host of the episode: Sonia Nandzik-Herman
Editing: Majid Bakhshi
Production, Sonia Nandzik-Herman, Douglas Herman, ReFOCUS Media Labs
Production Assistant: Paul Simon
Music: ES_No Time for Fear - Christian Andersen on Epidemic Sound and ANBR - Thoughts
Contact: sonia@refocusmedialabs.org
