Giacomo Zandonini is an Italian freelance journalist. He has contributed to La Repubblica, International, Left, Vanity Fair, Women Under Siege, Radio Vaticana and other newspapers. He deals with migration, human trafficking, politics and society in the Sahel. In 2016 he worked for the documentary Wallah – Je Te Jure, produced by IOM Niger, for Ai Weiwei Film Studio and Open Society Foundations. https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/contributor/giacomo-zandonini/rss en Crises & Conflicts Laws & Policy Refugee Voices Tue, 22 May 2018 08:00:44 +0000 Daniel Howden, Giacomo Zandonini https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/05/22/niger-europes-migration-laboratory https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/05/22/niger-europes-migration-laboratory How the EU’s migration obsession turned world’s 2nd poorest country into a laboratory for short-term policies. Crises & Conflicts Wed, 03 Jan 2018 03:00:00 +0000 Giacomo Zandonini https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/01/03/europes-empty-promises-hinder-efforts-to-move-beyond-smuggling https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/articles/2018/01/03/europes-empty-promises-hinder-efforts-to-move-beyond-smuggling The story of one former desert driver and his struggle to escape the migration trade reveals the limits of an E.U. scheme to offer alternatives to the Sahara smugglers. Giacomo Zandonini reports from Agadez.