Angela
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Right wing French anti-immigration groups clash with migrants and groups supporting migrants in the Alpine passes between Italy and France.
See:
https://www.thelocal.it/20180423/fr...to-italy-border-after-clashes-with-protesters
You could file this under unintended consequences of imperialism, as well as other things, such as where there's a will there's a way.
"Late Saturday and early Sunday, activists from a small French far-right group blocked a key mountain pass some six kilometres from the Italian border which they say is a "strategic point for illegal migrants", prompting a furious reaction from pro-migrant activists."
"On Sunday afternoon, a procession of French and Italian pro-migrant groups crossed the border at the Montgenevre Pass, alongside some 30 migrants, and had some minor scuffles with law enforcement officials on the way, a police source said.
The interior ministry said "violence was committed against security forces and a gendarme vehicle was damaged".
Thousands of young men from francophone west Africa have trudged across the mountains over the past two years, dreaming of jobs in France.
In recent months, as news about the route -- one of the lesser known on Europe's migrant trail -- filtered back to Africa, the arrivals have gained pace."
Since it seems to be every country in the EU for itself now, I'm sure Italy didn't do much if anything to stop them.
See:
https://www.thelocal.it/20180423/fr...to-italy-border-after-clashes-with-protesters
You could file this under unintended consequences of imperialism, as well as other things, such as where there's a will there's a way.
"Late Saturday and early Sunday, activists from a small French far-right group blocked a key mountain pass some six kilometres from the Italian border which they say is a "strategic point for illegal migrants", prompting a furious reaction from pro-migrant activists."
"On Sunday afternoon, a procession of French and Italian pro-migrant groups crossed the border at the Montgenevre Pass, alongside some 30 migrants, and had some minor scuffles with law enforcement officials on the way, a police source said.
The interior ministry said "violence was committed against security forces and a gendarme vehicle was damaged".
Thousands of young men from francophone west Africa have trudged across the mountains over the past two years, dreaming of jobs in France.
In recent months, as news about the route -- one of the lesser known on Europe's migrant trail -- filtered back to Africa, the arrivals have gained pace."
Since it seems to be every country in the EU for itself now, I'm sure Italy didn't do much if anything to stop them.