'Make them work for free': Italy minister on asylum seekers
Rome (AFP) - Asylum seekers in Italy may have to work for free, Italy's interior minister told local mayors on Thursday, reminding them of a controversial decree issued several months ago.
"We must ask the municipalities to apply our directive and make migrants work for free... Rather than leave them with nothing to do, they should make them work," Angelino Alfano said, according to the Italian media.
The statement came amid rising tensions in Italy over a massive influx of migrants and people fleeing war, who risked their lives and paid exorbitant sums to smugglers to sail on rickety, overcrowded boats across the Mediterranean to the Italian coast. ...
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