Last weekend, violent protests broke out at the Gradisca d’Isonzo reception center in the Friulian province of Gorizia. Some migrants set fire to mattresses, blankets and personal belongings and threw objects at security personnel. Police officers had to intervene to restore peace in the camp, local media reported.
Precisely because of the frequent fires and damage, the reception center in Gradisca can accommodate only 87 people instead of the 120 for which it was designed. Living conditions in refugee reception centers are a hot topic in Italy. The Public Prosecutor of Milan recently seized one of these branches in Milan. The move was decided after an investigation into fraud by the cooperative that manages the migrant center.
NGO: Dirty dormitories, spoiled food
In recent days it had already become known that the Milan facility housed migrants with brain tumors, epileptics or people with psychiatric problems who were “considered suitable for life in a closed community”, although they had not undergone medical examination, as That has NGOs reported. The migrant center operator was also accused of dirty dormitories, poor bathroom conditions and spoiled food. The migrants themselves were also extensively interviewed by the researchers.
In Italy, the threshold of 153,000 migrants arriving by sea since the beginning of this year has been exceeded. In the comparable period of 2022, 98,653 people arrived in Italy after a sea voyage across the Mediterranean Sea.
Source: Krone
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