Ventimiglia Mayor Enrico
Ioculano and 11 fellow local councillors said Thursday that they
were suspending themselves from Premier Matteo Renzi's
Democratic Party in protest at the lack of help in coping with
migrants in the Ligurian city on the French border.
Domenico Casile, the PD head in the city, said that the
move was a protest at "the lack of a political position by
central and regional bodies of the PD and by the government to
resolve the migrant issue in Ventimiglia".
Ioculano's request for a migrant reception centre near to
the city's railway was met after Interior Minister Angelino
Alfano visited on May 7.
But hundreds of migrants continue to live camped out in
conditions of poor hygiene near the Roja River, with Catholic
charity Caritas handing out food.
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