Drama unfolds in the Italian capital as Eritrean migrants and refugees, including families with children, are first evicted from an occupied building, then cleared from their makeshift camp in Piazza Indipendenza by law enforcement officers armed with water cannons and batons. What is happening in Rome, and what does it tell us on the collapse of the reception system in Italy?
Also: a look at the world’s borders – out at sea, in the desert and elsewhere – to reflect on the immorality of building physical and political walls to keep migrants out of sight and out of mind.
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