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Protesters blockade Italy’s ministry of transport over migration policy

12/07/2018
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Migrants and supporters gather behind a banner with the African continent and flags as some two hundred people take part in a protest demonstration World Refugee Day on the street leading from the train station in Vintimiglia, Italy several kilometers from the border with Menton, France, June 20, 2015. REUTERS/Jean-Pierre Amet

Protesters chained themselves to the front steps of the ministry of transport in Rome on Wednesday morning over the migration policy of Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, namely the closure of ports to migrants arriving over the Mediterranean.

Footage shows police and firefighters cutting chains with bolt cutters and carrying the protesters away as they shout slogans.

Salvini recently gained notoriety for his hardline stance on migration and his decision to close Italian ports to the migrant rescue ship Aquarius, which was eventually allowed to dock in Spain.

(Source: AFP)

12/07/2018
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