Amid a surge in small boat arrivals, European leaders are set to reveal a new plan to deal to tackle migration and asylum seekers. Italy and other frontline countries believe they’re bearing too much of the burden as other nations put in place measures to stop migrants crossing the European Union’s…
epa10871640 Migrants queue at the food distribution point at the Red Cross reception centre in Via Tres, Turin, Italy, 20 September 2023. The center houses some 500 people in a compound and facilities which are meant for between 140 and 180 people in need. Italy saw an influx of thousands of migrants in the past weeks.
Many will end up on the Riviera dei Fiori, hoping it will be their last stop before reaching France: a country which does not want them.While it’s mostly young men, there are also families and children.Amer is from Sudan."Yes, I am afraid of the journey. It is a difficult journey. But we keep trying and failing until we succeed, inshallah.”Commuter trains depart Ventimiglia for France every few minutes.
“We tried to cross four times but the French government sent us back. If you are young, they let you in but if you are older, they will send you back, they will not let you enter France.”Locals call it the ‘pass of death’ as it goes up and down a steep mountain.Refugee charities believe 47 migrants have died in the region since France first suspended parts of the Schengen free movement rules eight years ago.
Male 1: “There are too many of them, too many. Ventimiglia is small and when they arrive in France they throw them out, they don’t want them.”
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