The city of Capalbio on
Friday posted a notice signed by the mayor with information on
how residents can host the 50 migrants slated for reception
there, either by renting their vacant apartments or by hosting a
migrant in their own home.
The notice provided the phone number of a hotline that
residents can call if they wish to apply to host migrants, with
the expectation that "in the face of a great European and
national emergency such as refugee reception, no one can turn
away from their duty to solidarity and welcoming".
Capalbio, a fashionable leftwing summer watering hole on
the southern Tuscan coast, has been the subject of controversy
in recent days over resistance there to the expected migrant
arrival.
On Friday, ANSA learned that Democratic Party (PD) Senator
Monica Cirinnà was among the signers of a letter sent to Mayor
Luigi Bellumori on Thursday, also signed by city residents and
business owners, urging solidarity and welcoming in response to
a petition that opposed hosting the migrants.
"We don't want to forget our history and tradition of
welcoming by lending ourselves to exploitative hypocrisy and
denials," the letter said.
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