02.10.2018, Archy Worldys

Riace, mayor Lucano arrested for aiding illegal immigration

The mayor of Riace, Domenico Lucano, who became a symbol of reception for migrants, was arrested by the finance police, as part of an operation called 'Xenia'. The accusations for Lucano are facilitating illegal immigration and fraudulent direct assignment of the waste collection service. In his battle for the reception and integration of migrants, Lucano often entered into a controversy with the Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini who in June had called him "a zero". In support of Lucano and above all of the Riace welcoming project, which brings together the objective of integration and the need to save the country from depopulation, the writer Roberto Saviano openly sided with an appeal to the Republic. read more

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