The government is taking almost
15 million euros from its national fund for asylum seekers to
finance new measures in its anti-terror decree, sources said
Friday.
The decree extends Italian military missions abroad and
beefs up the so-called Safe Streets operation at home.
Safe Streets sees military personnel deployed at government
buildings and monuments, in the Campania region where it is
fighting environmental crimes by the Camorra mafia, and in Milan
ahead of the Expo world's fair opening May 1.
The decree increases the Safe Streets troops from 3,000 to
4,800.
The opposition leftwing Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) party
protested the move.
"You don't fight terrorism by taking money away
from...integration," said SEL Lower House whip Arturo Scotto.
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