A player with a women's soccer
team that integrates migrants with Italians in Naples has been
dropped after standing in a local council election as part of a
list linked to the anti-migrant Euroskeptic Noi con Salvini
ticket led by Interior Minister and League leader Matteo
Salvini, sources said Monday.
Titty Astarita of Afro-Napoli United had announced her
intention of standing for the council at Marano near Naples.
The club works to integrate migrants into Italian society via
soccer.
The club said in a statement "Afro-Napoli United is not a
team like any other. It was born as a project of inclusion and
integration".
Salvini has taken touch anti-migrant stances, including
stopping migrant ships, which have boosted the League's
popularity.
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