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Old July 18th, 2015 #1
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Default Violent clashes break out in Rome as Italian opposition to migrants increases

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As well as clashes between protesters and police, locals force the evacuation of 100 migrants by burning mattresses and furniture in northern Italy

Violent protests against refugees broke out in Rome on Friday, hours after locals in the northern city of Treviso forced the evacuation of a group of migrants by burning mattresses and furniture.

Protesters clashed with truncheon-wielding riot police in the suburb of Casale San Nicola on the outskirts of Rome as a group of 19 refugees were driven under police escort to a former school that has been converted into a migrant reception centre.

At least 14 police officers were hurt in the clashes, which came amid a growing backlash against the 84,000 refugees and asylum seekers who have arrived in Italy this year after crossing the Mediterranean in boats and dinghies operated by people smugglers based in Libya.

That is on top of the 170,000 who reached Italian shores last year
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Demonstrators, some of them from a far-Right group called Casapound, hurled stones and water bottles at the bus carrying the refugees, prompting police to charge at them with shields and truncheons.
Violent clashes break out in Rome as Italian opposition to migrants increases - Telegraph



 
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